Nouns denoting spatial position
- 'hood
- (slang) a neighborhood
- 's Gravenhage
- the site of the royal residence and the de facto capital in the western part of the Netherlands; seat of the International Court of Justice
- A-horizon
- the top layer of a soil profile; usually contains humus
- Aaland islands
- an archipelago of some 6,000 islands in the Gulf of Bothnia under Finnish control
- Aalborg
- a city and port in northern Jutland
- Aalst
- a town in central Belgium
- Aarhus
- port city of Denmark in eastern Jutland
- Abadan
- a port city in southwestern Iran
- abbacy
- the jurisdiction or office of an abbot
- Aberdare
- a mining town in southern Wales
- Aberdeen
- a city in northeastern Scotland on the North Sea
- Aberdeen
- a town in northeastern Maryland
- Aberdeen
- a town in northeastern South Dakota
- Aberdeen
- a town in western Washington
- Abidjan
- city recognized by the United States as the capital of the Ivory Coast; largest city of the Ivory Coast
- Abilene
- a city in central Texas
- Abilene
- a town in central Kansas to the west of Topeka; home of Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Abkhazia
- an autonomous province of Georgia on the Black Sea; a strong independence movement has resulted in much instability
- abode
- any address at which you dwell more than temporarily
- Abruzzi e Molise
- a mountainous region of central Italy on the Adriatic
- abutment
- point of contact between two objects or parts
- Abydos
- an ancient Greek colony on the Asiatic side of the Dardanelles; scene of the legend of Hero and Leander
- Acadia
- the French-speaking part of the Canadian Maritime Provinces
- Acadia National Park
- a national park in Maine showing marine erosion and glaciation; includes seashore and also the highest point on the Atlantic coast
- Acapulco de Juarez
- a port and fashionable resort city on the Pacific coast of southern Mexico; known for beaches and water sports (including cliff diving)
- Accho
- a town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean
- Achaea
- a region of ancient Greece on the north coast of the Peloponnese
- aclinic line
- an imaginary line paralleling the equator where a magnetic needle has no dip
- acme
- the highest point (of something)
- Acre
- a territory of western Brazil bordering on Bolivia and Peru
- Actium
- an ancient town on a promontory in western Greece
- active site
- the part of an enzyme or antibody where the chemical reaction occurs
- addition
- a suburban area laid out in streets and lots for a future residential area
- address
- the place where a person or organization can be found or communicated with
- Adelaide
- the state capital of South Australia
- Adelie Coast
- a costal region of Antarctica to the south of Australia; noted for its large colonies of penguins
- Aden
- an important port of Yemen; located on the Gulf of Aden; its strategic location has made it a major trading center of southern Arabia since ancient times
- administrative district
- a district defined for administrative purposes
- Admiralty Island
- an Alaskan island in the Alexander Archipelago near Juneau
- Admiralty Islands
- a group of islands in the Bismarck Archipelago
- Adrianopolis
- a city in northwestern Turkey; a Thracian town that was rebuilt and renamed by the Roman Emperor Hadrian
- Adzharia
- an autonomous province of Georgia on the Black Sea
- Aegadean Islands
- a group of islands off the west coast of Sicily in the Mediterranean
- Aegean island
- an island in the Aegean Sea
- Aeolis
- an ancient coastal region of northwestern Asia Minor (including Lesbos) where the Aeolians founded several cities around 1100 BC
- aerie
- any habitation at a high altitude
- aerospace
- the atmosphere and outer space considered as a whole
- African country
- any one of the countries occupying the African continent
- agonic line
- an imaginary line connecting points on the Earth's surface where the magnetic declination is zero
- agora
- the marketplace in ancient Greece
- Agra
- a city in northern India; former capital of the Mogul empire; site of the Taj Mahal
- Agrigento
- a town in Italy in southwestern Sicily near the coast; the site of six Greek temples
- Aigina
- an island in the Aegean Sea in the Saronic Gulf
- aim
- the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies
- air
- the region above the ground
- air lane
- a designated route followed by airplanes in flying from one airport to another
- air space
- the space in the atmosphere immediately above the earth
- air
- the mass of air surrounding the Earth
- airhead
- a bridgehead seized by airborne troops
- airspace
- the atmosphere above a nation that is deemed to be under its jurisdiction
- Aix-la-Chapelle
- a city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders; formerly it was Charlemagne's northern capital
- Akron
- a city in northeastern Ohio; the heart of the United States rubber industry
- Al Aqabah
- Jordan's port; located in southwestern Jordan on the Gulf of Aqaba
- Al Ladhiqiyah
- a seaport on the western coast of Syria
- Al Madinah
- a city in western Saudi Arabia; site of the tomb of Muhammad; the second most holy city of Islam
- Al-Hudaydah
- an important port in Yemen on the Red Sea
- Al-Mukalla
- a port in southern Yemen on the Gulf of Aden to the east of Aden
- Albanian capital
- the capital and largest city of Albania in the center of the country
- Albany
- a town in southwest Georgia; processing center for peanuts and pecans
- Alberta
- one of the three prairie provinces in western Canada; rich in oil and natural gas and minerals
- Albion
- archaic name for England or Great Britain; used poetically
- Albuquerque
- the largest city in New Mexico; located in central New Mexico on the Rio Grande river
- Aleppo
- a city in northwestern Syria
- Aleutian Islands
- an archipelago in the North Pacific extending southwest from Alaska
- Alexander Archipelago
- a group of islands off southeastern Alaska
- Alexandria
- a town in Louisiana on the Red River
- Algerian capital
- an ancient port on the Mediterranean; the capital and largest city of Algeria
- Allentown
- a city in eastern Pennsylvania; an industrial and commercial center
- Alma-Ata
- the largest city in Kazakhstan and the capital until 1998
- Aloha State
- a state in the United States in the central Pacific on the Hawaiian Islands
- Alpena
- a town in northern Michigan on an arm of Lake Huron
- Alsatia
- a region of northeastern France famous for its wines
- Altoona
- a town in central Pennsylvania
- Amarillo
- a city in the northern panhandle of Texas
- ambiance
- the atmosphere of an environment
- American Samoa
- a United States territory on the eastern part of the island of Samoa
- American state
- one of the 50 states of the United States
- amusement park
- a commercially operated park with stalls and shows for amusement
- An Nefud
- a desert in northern Saudi Arabia that is noted for its red sand and violent winds
- Anaheim
- a city in southern California (southeast of Los Angeles); site of Disneyland
- Anchorage
- a city in south central Alaska
- anchorage
- place for vessels to anchor
- Andalusia
- a region in southern Spain on the Atlantic and the Mediterranean; formerly a center of Moorish civilization
- Andhra Pradesh
- a state of southeastern India on the Bay of Bengal
- Anglesea Island
- an island to the northwest of Wales
- Anglia
- the Latin name for England
- Angolan capital
- port city on Atlantic coast; the capital and largest city of Angola
- Anguilla
- a British colony in the West Indies
- Anjou
- a former province of western France in the Loire valley
- Ann Arbor
- a city in southern Michigan near Detroit; site of the University of Michigan
- Annaba
- a port city of northeastern Algeria near the Tunisian border
- anomaly
- (astronomy) position of a planet as defined by its angular distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun)
- Antakiya
- a town in southern Turkey; ancient commercial center and capital of Syria; an early center of Christianity
- Antalya
- a port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya
- antapex
- the point opposite in direction from the solar apex; the point the solar system is moving away from
- Antarctic Circle
- a line of latitude north of the south pole
- Antigua
- the largest of the islands comprising Antigua and Barbuda
- Antigua and Barbuda
- a country in the northern Leeward Islands
- Antilles
- a group of islands in the West Indies
- antinode
- (physics) the point of maximum displacement in a periodic system
- antipodes
- any two places or regions on diametrically opposite sides of the Earth
- Antofagasta
- a port city on the Pacific in northern Chile
- Antwerpen
- a busy port and financial center in northern Belgium on the Scheldt river; it has long been a center for the diamond industry and the first stock exchange was opened there in 1460
- Anzio
- a town of central Italy on the Tyrrhenian Sea; the Allies established a beachhead at Anzio in World War II
- Apeldoorn
- a city of east central Netherlands; a popular tourist center and site of the summer residence of the Dutch royal family
- apex
- the point on the celestial sphere toward which the sun and solar system appear to be moving relative to the fixed stars
- aphelion
- apoapsis in solar orbit; the point in the orbit of a planet or comet that is at the greatest distance from the sun
- apoapsis
- (astronomy) the point in an orbit farthest from the body being orbited
- apogee
- apoapsis in Earth orbit; the point in its orbit where a satellite is at the greatest distance from the Earth
- apojove
- apoapsis in orbit around Jupiter
- apolune
- apoapsis in orbit around the moon
- Appalachia
- an impoverished coal mining area in the Appalachian Mountains (from Pennsylvania to North Carolina)
- apparent horizon
- the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet
- Appleton
- a town in eastern Wisconsin
- Appleton layer
- the highest region of the ionosphere (from 90 to 600 miles up) which contains the highest concentration of free electrons and is most useful for long-range radio transmission
- approach pattern
- the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport
- approach
- the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing
- apron
- (golf) the part of the fairway leading onto the green
- Aquarius the Water Bearer
- the eleventh sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about January 20 to February 18
- Aquila degli Abruzzi
- the provincial capital of the Abruzzi region in central Italy
- Aquitania
- a region of southwestern France between Bordeaux and the Pyrenees
- Arab Republic of Egypt
- a republic in northeastern Africa known as the United Arab Republic until 1971; site of an ancient civilization that flourished from 2600 to 30 BC
- Arabian Peninsula
- a peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; strategically important for its oil resources
- Aragon
- a region of northeastern Spain; a former kingdom that united with Castile in 1479 to form Spain (after the marriage of Ferdinand V and Isabella I)
- Aram
- the biblical name for ancient Syria
- Aran Islands
- three small islands belonging to Ireland at the entrance to Galway Bay
- Arcadia
- a department of Greece in the central Peloponnese
- archbishopric
- the territorial jurisdiction of an archbishop
- archdeaconry
- the territorial jurisdiction of an archdeacon
- archdiocese
- the diocese of an archbishop
- archduchy
- the domain controlled by an archduke or archduchess
- archeological site
- the site of an archeological exploration
- Arches National Park
- a national park in Utah including mountains and the Colorado River gorge and huge rock formations caused by erosion
- Arctic Archipelago
- all the islands that lie to the north of mainland Canada and the Arctic Circle
- Arctic Circle
- a line of latitude near but to the south of the north pole; it marks the northernmost point at which the sun is visible on the northern winter solstice and the southernmost point at which the midnight sun can be seen on the northern summer solstice
- Ardennes
- a wooded plateau in the Champagne-Ardenne region of France; the site of intense fighting in World War I and World War II
- area
- a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)
- arena
- the central area of an ancient Roman amphitheater where contests and spectacles were held; especially an area that was strewn with sand
- Areopagus
- a hill to the to the west of the Athenian acropolis where met the highest governmental council of ancient Athens and later a judicial court
- Arequipa
- a city in southern Peru founded in 1540 on the site of an ancient Inca city
- Argentine Republic
- a republic in southern South America; second largest country in South America
- Argos
- an ancient city in southeastern Greece; dominated the Peloponnese in the 7th century BC
- Ariana
- city in Tunisia
- Aries the Ram
- the first sign of the zodiac which the sun enters at the vernal equinox; the sun is in this sign from about March 21 to April 19
- Arlington
- a city in northern Texas between Dallas and Fort Worth
- Armageddon
- (New Testament) the scene of the final battle between the kings of the Earth at the end of the world
- Arnhem
- a city in the central Netherlands on the lower Rhine River; site of a battle in 1944 during World War II
- Artois
- a former province of northern France near the English Channel (between Picardy and Flanders)
- Aruba
- a popular island resort in the Netherlands Antilles
- Asahikawa
- a city on western Hokkaido that is the center of a fertile agricultural area
- ascending node
- the point at which an orbit crosses the ecliptic plane going north
- Asheville
- a town in western North Carolina in the Blue Ridge Mountains to the west of Charlotte
- ashram
- (India) a place of religious retreat for Hindus
- ashram
- a place of religious retreat modeled after the Indian ashram
- Asia Minor
- a peninsula in southwestern Asia that forms the Asian part of Turkey
- Asian country
- any one of the nations occupying the Asian continent
- Asian Russia
- the Russia that is part of Asia
- Asmera
- the capital of Eritrea
- Aspadana
- city in central Iran; former capital of Persia
- Aspinwall
- a port city at the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal
- Assam
- state in northeastern India
- associated state
- a state or territory partly controlled by (but not a possession of) a stronger state but autonomous in internal affairs; protectorates are established by treaty
- Assouan
- an ancient city on the Nile in Egypt; two dams across the Nile have been built nearby
- Assur
- an ancient Assyrian city on the Tigris and traditional capital of Assyria; just to the south of the modern city of Mosul in Iraq
- Assyria
- an ancient kingdom in northern Mesopotamia which is in present-day Iraq
- asteroid belt
- the region of interplanetary space between Mars and Jupiter where most asteroids are found
- Astrakhan
- a city in southwestern Russia on the delta of the Volga River
- Atacama Desert
- a desert in western Chile that extends roughly 600 miles south from the Peruvian border; one of the driest areas in the world, but rich in nitrate and copper deposits
- Athens
- a town in southeast Ohio
- Athens
- a university town in northeast Georgia
- athletic field
- a piece of land prepared for playing a game
- Atlantic City
- a city on the Atlantic shore in southeastern New Jersey; a resort and gambling center
- Attica
- the territory of Athens in ancient Greece where the Ionic dialect was spoken
- Auckland
- the largest city and principal port of New Zealand
- Augusta
- a city in eastern Georgia north-northwest of Savannah; noted for golf tournaments
- Austerlitz
- a town in Czech Republic; site of the battle of Austerlitz in 1805
- Austral Islands
- a chain of small islands in French Polynesia
- Australasia
- Australia, New Zealand, and neighboring islands in the South Pacific
- Australian state
- one of the several states constituting Australia
- Austria-Hungary
- a geographical area in central and eastern Europe; broken into separate countries at the end of World War I
- Austronesia
- islands of central and South Pacific (Indonesia and Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia)
- autumnal equinox
- (astronomy) the equinoctial point that lies in the constellation of Virgo
- Auvergne
- a region in central France
- Avignon
- a town in southeastern France on the Rhone River; the seat of the papacy from 1309 to 1378 and the residence of antipopes during the Great Schism
- Avon
- a county in southwestern England
- Ayr
- a port in southwestern Scotland
- Az Zarqa
- city in northwestern Jordan
- Azerbajdzhan Republic
- a landlocked republic in southwestern Asia; formerly an Asian soviet
- Azores
- islands in the Atlantic Ocean belonging to Portugal
- B-horizon
- immediately below the A-horizon; contains deposits of organic matter leached from surface soils
- Babylon
- the chief city of ancient Mesopotamia and capital of the ancient kingdom of Babylonia
- Babylonia
- an ancient kingdom in southern Mesopotamia; Babylonia conquered Israel in the 6th century BC and exiled the Jews to Babylon (where Daniel became a counselor to the king)
- back country
- a remote and undeveloped area
- back end
- the side of an object that is opposite its front
- back of beyond
- a very remote and inaccessible place
- back
- the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer
- backwater
- a place or condition in which no development or progress is occurring
- Bad Lands
- an eroded and barren region in southwestern South Dakota and northwestern Nebraska
- Badger State
- a midwestern state in north central United States
- Badlands National Park
- a national park in South Dakota having multicolored peaks and spires resulting from erosion; fossil sites
- Baffin Island
- the 5th largest island and the largest island of Arctic Canada; lies between Greenland and Hudson Bay
- Bahia Blanca
- a port city in eastern Argentina to the southwest of Buenos Aires on an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean
- Bahrain Island
- an island in the Persian Gulf
- bailiwick
- the area over which a bailiff has jurisdiction
- Bairiki
- national capital of Kiribati
- Bakersfield
- a city in south central California at the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley
- Balearic Islands
- an archipelago in the western Mediterranean off the eastern coast of Spain
- Bali
- an island in Indonesia to the east of Java; striking volcanic scenery; culture is known for elaborate dances and rituals and for handicrafts
- balk
- the area on a billiard table behind the balkline
- Balkan country
- any one of the countries on the Balkan Peninsula
- Balkan Peninsula
- a large peninsula in southeastern Europe containing the Balkan Mountain Range
- Balkans
- the Balkan countries collectively
- balkline
- line across a billiard table behind which the cue balls are placed at the start of a game
- Balmoral Castle
- a castle in northeastern Scotland that is a private residence of the British sovereign
- Baltic Republic
- European countries bordering the Baltic Sea
- Baltimore
- the largest city in Maryland; a major seaport and industrial center
- Bam
- an ancient city in southeastern Iran; destroyed by an earthquake in 2003
- Bamako
- the capital of Mali; located in the south on the Niger
- banana republic
- a small country (especially in Central America) that is politically unstable and whose economy is dominated by foreign companies and depends on one export (such as bananas)
- Bandung
- a city in Indonesia; located on western Java (southeast of Jakarta); a resort known for its climate
- Banff
- a popular vacation spot in the Canadian Rockies
- Bangalore
- an industrial city in south central India (west of Chennai)
- Bangor
- a town in southeastern Northern Ireland
- Bangor
- a university town in northwestern Wales on the Menai Strait
- Bangor
- a town in east central Maine on the Penobscot River
- Barbados
- easternmost of the West Indies about 300 miles to the north of Venezuela
- Barbados
- a parliamentary democracy on the island of Barbados; former British colony; a popular resort area
- Barbary
- a region of northern Africa on the Mediterranean coast between Egypt and Gibraltar; was used as a base for pirates from the 16th to 19th centuries
- Barbary Coast
- the Mediterranean coast of northern Africa that was famous for its Moorish pirates
- Barbary Coast
- a part of a city that is notorious for gambling dens and brothels and saloons and riotous night life (especially the waterfront of San Francisco after the gold rush of 1849)
- Barbuda
- an island in Antigua and Barbuda
- Barcelona
- a city in northeastern Spain on the Mediterranean; 2nd largest Spanish city and the largest port and commercial center; has been a center for radical political beliefs
- Bari
- capital city of the Apulia region on the Adriatic coast
- barony
- the domain of a baron
- Barranquilla
- a port city of northern Colombia near the Caribbean on the Magdalena River
- barren
- an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation
- barrio
- an urban area in a Spanish-speaking country
- barrio
- a Spanish-speaking quarter in a town or city (especially in the United States)
- Barstow
- a town in southeastern California
- Bartlesville
- a town in northeastern Oklahoma
- barycenter
- (astronomy) the common center of mass around which two or more bodies revolve
- base
- (anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment
- base
- the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end
- Basel
- a city in northwestern Switzerland
- baseline
- the lines a baseball player must follow while running the bases
- baseline
- the back line bounding each end of a tennis or handball court; when serving the server must not step over this line
- Basilicata
- a region of southern Italy (forming the instep of the Italian `boot')
- basin
- the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outlet
- Basra
- the second largest city in Iraq; an oil port in southern Iraq
- Basse-Normandie
- a division of Normandy
- Basseterre
- the capital of Saint Kitts and Nevis on the island of Saint Christopher
- Bath
- a town in southwestern England on the River Avon; famous for its hot springs and Roman remains
- Batna
- a town in north central Algeria
- Battle Born State
- a state in the western United States
- battle line
- the line along which warring troops meet
- battlefield
- a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought
- battlefront
- the line along which opposing armies face each other
- Bavaria
- a state in southern Germany famous for its beer; site of an automobile factory
- Bayonne
- a city in northeastern New Jersey
- beachhead
- a bridgehead on the enemy's shoreline seized by an amphibious operation
- Beacon Hill
- a fashionable section of Boston; site of the Massachusetts capital building
- beam-ends
- (nautical) at the ends of the transverse deck beams of a vessel
- beat
- a regular route for a sentry or policeman
- Beaumont
- a city of southeastern Texas near Houston
- Beaver State
- a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific
- Beckley
- a city in southern West Virginia
- bed ground
- an area on which a drove of cattle or sheep can sleep for a night
- bed
- a stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit
- Bedloe's Island
- an island in New York Bay to the southwest of Manhattan where the Statue of Liberty stands
- bedroom community
- a community where many commuters live
- bedside
- space by the side of a bed (especially the bed of a sick or dying person)
- Beehive State
- a state in the western United States; settled in 1847 by Mormons led by Brigham Young
- beeline
- the most direct route
- beginning
- the place where something begins, where it springs into being
- Beira
- a port city in eastern Mozambique on the Mozambique Channel
- Bellingham
- a town in northwestern Washington on a bay near the Canadian border
- belly
- the hollow inside of something
- Belo Horizonte
- city in southeastern Brazil to the north of Rio de Janeiro; the first of Brazil's planned communities
- belt
- an elongated region where a specific condition or characteristic is found
- Bemidji
- a town in northern Minnesota
- Bend
- a town in central Oregon at the eastern foot of the Cascade Range
- Bengal
- a region whose eastern part is now Bangladesh and whose western part is included in India
- Benghazi
- port in northern Libya on the Gulf of Sidra; formerly a joint capital of Libya with Tripoli
- Bennington
- a town in southwestern Vermont
- bent
- an area of grassland unbounded by fences or hedges
- benthic division
- a region including the bottom of the sea and the littoral zones
- Bergen
- a port city in southwestern Norway
- Berkeley
- a city in California on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay; site of the University of California at Berkeley
- Berkshire
- a county in southern England
- Bermuda Triangle
- an area in the western Atlantic Ocean where many ships and planes are supposed to have been mysteriously lost
- Bermudas
- a group of islands in the Atlantic off the Carolina coast; British colony; a popular resort
- berth
- a place where a craft can be made fast
- Bethlehem
- a town in eastern Pennsylvania on the Lehigh River to the northwest of Philadelphia; an important center for steel production
- Bethlehem Ephrathah
- a small town near Jerusalem on the West Bank of the Jordan River; early home of David and regarded as the place where Jesus was born
- Beverly Hills
- a city in southwestern California surrounded by Los Angeles; home of many Hollywood actors
- Bible Belt
- southern and midwestern United States where Protestant fundamentalism is dominant
- Big Bend
- a triangular area in southwestern Texas on the Mexican border; formed by a bend in the Rio Grande
- Big Bend National Park
- a large national park in Texas featuring mountains and desert and canyons and wildlife
- Big Sur
- a picturesque coastal region of California to the south of San Francisco
- Bihar
- a state of northeastern India
- Bikini
- an atoll in the Marshall Islands; formerly used by the United States as a site for testing nuclear weapons
- Billings
- the largest city in Montana; located in southern Montana on the Yellowstone river
- bilocation
- the ability (said of certain Roman Catholic saints) to exist simultaneously in two locations
- Biloxi
- an old town in southern Mississippi on the Gulf of Mexico
- Binghamton
- a city in south central New York near the border with Pennsylvania
- biogeographical region
- an area of the Earth determined by distribution of flora and fauna
- Bioko
- an island in the Gulf of Guinea that is part of Equatorial Guinea
- biosphere
- the regions of the surface and atmosphere of the Earth (or other planet) where living organisms exist
- Birmingham
- a city in central England; 2nd largest English city and an important industrial and transportation center
- birthplace
- where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence
- birthplace
- the place where someone was born
- Biscayne National Park
- a national park in Florida having underwater coral reefs and marine life
- bishopric
- the territorial jurisdiction of a bishop
- Bismarck Archipelago
- a group of islands in the southwestern Pacific to the northeast of New Guinea; part of Papua New Guinea
- Bithynia
- an ancient country in northwestern Asia Minor in what is now Turkey; was absorbed into the Roman Empire by the end of the 1st century BC
- bivouac
- a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent
- Black Hills
- mountains in western South Dakota and northeastern Wyoming
- Black Rock Desert
- a desert in northwestern Nevada
- Blackpool
- a resort town in Lancashire in northwestern England on the Irish Sea; famous for its tower
- Blacksburg
- a university town in southwestern Virginia (west of Roanoke) in the Allegheny Mountains
- Blantyre
- city in southern Malawi; largest city and commercial center of Malawi
- Blida
- a city in northern Algeria at the foot of the Atlas Mountains to the southwest of Algiers
- Blighty
- a slang term for Great Britain used by British troops serving abroad
- blind side
- the side on which your vision is limited or obstructed
- block
- a rectangular area in a city surrounded by streets and usually containing several buildings
- Bloemfontein
- the seat of the supreme court
- Bloomington
- a university town in south central Indiana
- Bloomsbury
- a city district of central London laid out in garden squares
- Bluegrass Country
- an area in central Kentucky noted for its bluegrass and thoroughbred horses
- Bluegrass State
- a state in east central United States; a border state during the American Civil War; famous for breeding race horses
- Boeotia
- a district of ancient Greece to the northwest of Athens
- Bohemia
- a historical area and former kingdom in the Czech Republic
- Bologna
- the capital of Emilia-Romagna; located in northern Italy to the east of the Apennines
- Bolzano
- an Italian city in Trentino-Alto Adige near the Austrian border; noted as a resort and for its Alpine scenery
- bomb site
- an area in a town that has been devastated by bombs
- Bonaire
- a popular island resort in the Netherlands Antilles
- Bonn
- a city in western Germany on the Rhine River; was the capital of West Germany between 1949 and 1989
- boom town
- a town enjoying sudden prosperity
- Bordeaux
- a port city in southwestern France; a major center of the wine trade
- border district
- district consisting of the area on either side of a border or boundary of a country or an area
- border
- a line that indicates a boundary
- border
- the boundary of a surface
- borough
- an English town that forms the constituency of a member of parliament
- borough
- one of the administrative divisions of a large city
- borscht belt
- (informal) a resort area in the Catskill Mountains of New York that was patronized primarily by Jewish guests
- Bosnia
- the northern part of Bosnia-Herzegovina
- Boston Harbor
- the seaport at Boston
- bottom
- the lowest part of anything
- bottom
- the lower side of anything
- Bougainville
- the largest of the Solomon Islands; a province of Papua New Guinea
- Boulder
- a town in north central Colorado; Rocky Mountains resort center and university town
- bound
- the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something
- Bourgogne
- a former province of eastern France that is famous for its wines
- bourn
- an archaic term for a boundary
- Bouvet Island
- an island belonging to Norway in the South Atlantic near the Antarctic Circle
- bowels
- the center of the Earth
- Bowery
- a street in Manhattan noted for cheap hotels frequented by homeless derelicts
- Bowling Green
- a town in southern Kentucky
- bowling green
- a field of closely mowed turf for playing bowls
- box number
- a mailing address to which answers to a newspaper ad can be sent
- Bozeman
- a town in southwestern Montana; gateway to Yellowstone National Park
- Braga
- an ancient city in northern Portugal
- Brandenburg
- the territory of an Elector (of the Holy Roman Empire) that expanded to become the kingdom of Prussia in 1701
- Brasov
- a city in central Romania in the foothills of the Transylvanian Alps
- Brattleboro
- a town in southeastern Vermont on the Connecticut River
- Braunschweig
- a city in central Germany
- Brazilian capital
- the capital of Brazil; a city built on the central plateau and inaugurated in 1960
- Brazzaville
- the capital and largest city of the Republic of the Congo
- breadbasket
- a geographic region serving as the principal source of grain
- Breed's Hill
- a hill in Charlestown that was the site of the battle of Bunker Hill in 1775
- breeding ground
- a place where animals breed
- Bremen
- a city of northwestern Germany linked by the Weser River to the port of Bremerhaven and the North Sea; in the Middle Ages it was a leading member of the Hanseatic League
- Bremerhaven
- a port city in northwestern Germany at the mouth of the Weser River on the North Sea; has a deep natural harbor and is an important shipping center
- Brescia
- an ancient Italian city in central Lombardy
- Brest
- a port city in northwestern France (in Brittany); the chief naval station of France
- Bretagne
- a former province of northwestern France on a peninsula between the English Channel and the Bay of Biscay
- bridgehead
- a defensive post at the end of a bridge nearest to the enemy
- bridgehead
- an area in hostile territory that has been captured and is held awaiting further troops and supplies
- Bridgeport
- a port in southwestern Connecticut on Long Island Sound
- Brighton
- a city in East Sussex in southern England that is a popular resort; site of the University of Sussex
- Brindisi
- a port city in southeastern Apulia in Italy; a center for the Crusades in the Middle Ages
- brink
- the edge of a steep place
- Brisbane
- capital and largest city of Queensland state; located in the southeastern corner of Queensland on the Pacific; settled by British as a penal colony; 3rd largest city in Australia
- Bristol
- an industrial city and port in southwestern England near the mouth of the River Avon
- British Columbia
- a province in western Canada
- British East Africa
- the former British territories of eastern Africa, including Kenya, Tanganyika, Uganda, and Zanzibar
- British Empire
- a former empire consisting of Great Britain and all the territories under its control; reached its greatest extent at the end of World War I; it included the British Isles, British West Indies, Canada, British Guiana; British West Africa, British East Africa, India, Australia, New Zealand
- British Honduras
- a country on the northeastern coast of Central America on the Caribbean; formerly under British control
- British Isles
- Great Britain and Ireland and adjacent islands in the north Atlantic
- British Virgin Islands
- more than 40 northeastern Virgin Islands (15 inhabited); a dependent territory of the United Kingdom
- British West Africa
- the former British territories of western Africa, including Nigeria, Cameroon, Gambia, Togo, Sierra Leone, and the Gold Coast
- British West Indies
- the islands in the West Indies that were formerly under British control, including the Bahamas, Saint Lucia, Antigua, Grenada, Jamaica, Barbados, and Trinidad
- broadcast area
- the area over which a radio or tv transmission can be received
- Bronx
- a borough of New York City
- Brooklyn
- a borough of New York City
- brow
- the peak of a hill
- Brownsville
- a city in southern Texas on the Rio Grande near its mouth into the Gulf of Mexico; has a channel that accommodates oceangoing ships
- Brunn
- an industrial city in Moravia in Czech Republic to the southeast of Prague
- Brunswick
- a university town in southwestern Maine
- Brunswick
- a town in southeast Georgia near the Atlantic coast; a port of entry
- Bryan
- a town of east central Texas
- Bryce Canyon National Park
- a national park in Utah having multicolored rock erosions
- Buckeye State
- a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
- Buckingham Palace
- the London residence of the British sovereign
- Buffalo
- a city on Lake Erie in western New York (near Niagara Falls)
- buffer country
- a small neutral state between two rival powers
- buffer
- a neutral zone between two rival powers that is created in order to diminish the danger of conflict
- Buganda
- a state of Uganda and site of a former Bantu kingdom
- building site
- a lot on which there are no permanent buildings
- Bulawayo
- industrial city in southwestern Zimbabwe
- Bulgarian capital
- capital and largest city of Bulgaria located in western Bulgaria
- Bull Run
- a creek in northeastern Virginia where two battles were fought in the American Civil War
- bull
- the center of a target
- burg
- colloquial American term for a town
- burgh
- a borough in Scotland
- burial ground
- a tract of land used for burials
- Burkina Faso
- a desperately poor landlocked country in western Africa; was formerly Upper Volta under French rule but gained independence in 1960
- Burlington
- the largest city in Vermont; located in northwestern Vermont on Lake Champlain; site of the University of Vermont
- Bursa
- a city in northwestern Turkey
- bus route
- the route regularly followed by a passenger bus
- bus stop
- a place on a bus route where buses stop to discharge and take on passengers
- bush
- a large wilderness area
- business address
- the address at which a business is located
- business district
- the central area or commercial center of a town or city
- Butte
- a town in southwestern Montana; center for mining copper
- Byblos
- an ancient Mediterranean seaport that was a thriving city state in Phoenicia during the second millennium BC; was the chief port for the export of papyrus; located in Lebanon to the north of Beirut; now partially excavated
- Bydgoszcz
- an industrial city and river port in northern Poland
- Byzantium
- an ancient city on the Bosporus founded by the Greeks; site of modern Istanbul; in 330 Constantine I rebuilt the city and called it Constantinople and made it his capital
- C-horizon
- beneath the B-horizon and above the bedrock; consisting of weathered rock
- cabstand
- a place where taxis park while awaiting customers
- Cadiz
- an ancient port city in southwestern Spain
- Caesarea
- an ancient seaport in northwestern Israel; an important Roman city in ancient Palestine
- Cairo
- a town at the southern tip of Illinois at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers
- Calabria
- a region of southern Italy (forming the toe of the Italian `boot')
- Calais
- a town in northern France on the Strait of Dover that serves as a ferry port to England; in 1347 it was captured by the English king Edward III after a long siege and remained in English hands until it was recaptured by the French king Henry II in 1558
- Calcutta
- the largest city in India and one of the largest cities in the world; located in eastern India; suffers from poverty and overcrowding
- Caledonia
- the geographical area (in Roman times) to the north of the Antonine Wall; now a poetic name for Scotland
- Calgary
- the largest city in southern Alberta; an oil and gas center and a technology center for Alberta and most of western Canada
- Cali
- city in southwestern Colombia in a rich agricultural area
- caliphate
- the territorial jurisdiction of a caliph
- Caloocan
- a suburb of Manila in southwestern Luzon
- Cambodian capital
- the capital and largest city of Kampuchea
- Cambria
- one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; during Roman times the region was known as Cambria
- Cambridge
- a city in eastern England on the River Cam; site of Cambridge University
- Cambridge
- a city in Massachusetts just to the north of Boston; site of Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Camden
- a city in southwestern New Jersey on the Delaware River near Philadelphia
- Camellia State
- a state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War
- Camelot
- (Arthurian legend) the capital of King Arthur's kingdom; according to the legend, truth and goodness and beauty reigned there
- Cameroon
- an inactive volcano in western Cameroon; highest peak on the West African coast
- Camlan
- (Arthurian legend) the battlefield where King Arthur was mortally wounded
- Camp David
- a retreat to the northwest of Washington that is used by the president of the United States
- Campania
- a region of southwestern Italy on the Tyrrhenian Sea including the islands of Capri and Ischia
- Campeche
- a Mexican state on the eastern part of the Gulf of Campeche
- Campeche
- a Mexican city on the Bay of Campeche
- campong
- a native village in Malaysia
- campus
- a field on which the buildings of a university are situated
- Canada
- a nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada
- Canadian Maritime Provinces
- the collective name for the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island
- Canadian province
- Canada is divided into 12 provinces for administrative purposes
- Canakkale Bogazi
- the strait between the Aegean and the Sea of Marmara that separates European Turkey from Asian Turkey
- Canary Islands
- a group of mountainous islands in the Atlantic off the northwest coast of Africa forming Spanish provinces
- Cancer the Crab
- the fourth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about June 21 to July 22
- Cancun
- a popular island resort off the northeastern tip of the Yucatan peninsula
- Cannes
- a port and resort city on the French Riviera; site of an annual film festival
- Canterbury
- a town in Kent in southeastern England; site of the cathedral where Thomas a Becket was martyred in 1170; seat of the archbishop and primate of the Anglican Church
- canton
- a small administrative division of a country
- Canyonlands National Park
- a national park in Utah having rock formations and ancient cliff dwellings; canyons of the Green River and the Colorado River
- Cape Ann
- a Massachusetts peninsula to the north of Boston extending into the Atlantic Ocean
- Cape Breton Island
- an island that forms the northeastern part of Nova Scotia
- Cape Cod
- a Massachusetts peninsula to the south of Boston extending into the Atlantic; a popular resort area
- Cape Cod Canal
- a canal connecting Cape Cod Bay with Buzzards Bay
- Cape Fear
- a cape in southeastern North Carolina extending into the Atlantic Ocean
- Cape Flattery
- a cape of northwestern Washington
- Cape Froward
- a cape on the Strait of Magellan in southern Chile; the most southern point on the mainland of South America
- Cape Girardeau
- a town in southeast Missouri
- Cape Hatteras
- a promontory on Hatteras Island off the Atlantic coast of North Carolina
- Cape Horn
- a rocky headland belonging to Chile at the southernmost tip of South America (south of Tierra del Fuego)
- Cape May
- a cape of southeast New Jersey extending into the Atlantic Ocean
- Cape of Good Hope
- a province of western South Africa
- Cape of Good Hope
- a point of land in southwestern South Africa (south of Cape Town)
- Cape of Good Hope Province
- a former province of southern South Africa that was settled by the Dutch in 1652 and ceded to Great Britain in 1814; in 1994 it was split into three new provinces of South Africa
- Cape Town
- port city in southwestern South Africa; the seat of the legislative branch of the government of South Africa
- Cape Verde Islands
- a group of islands in the Atlantic off of the coast of Senegal
- capital
- a seat of government
- capital
- a center that is associated more than any other with some activity or product
- capital of Afghanistan
- the capital and largest city of Afghanistan; located in eastern Afghanistan
- capital of Alabama
- the state capital of Alabama on the Mobile River
- capital of Alaska
- the state capital of Alaska
- capital of Antigua and Barbuda
- the capital and largest city of Antigua and Barbuda; located on the island of Antigua
- capital of Argentina
- capital and largest city of Argentina; located in eastern Argentina near Uruguay; Argentina's chief port and industrial and cultural center
- capital of Arizona
- the state capital and largest city located in south central Arizona; situated in a former desert that has become a prosperous agricultural area thanks to irrigation
- capital of Arkansas
- the state capital and largest city of Arkansas in the central part of Arkansas on the Arkansas River
- capital of Armenia
- capital of Armenia
- capital of Australia
- the capital of Australia; located in southeastern Australia
- capital of Austria
- the capital and largest city of Austria; located on the Danube in northeastern Austria; was the home of Beethoven and Brahms and Haydn and Mozart and Schubert and Strauss
- capital of Azerbaijan
- a port city on the Caspian Sea that is the capital of Azerbaijan and an important center for oil production
- capital of Bahrain
- the capital of Bahrain; located at the northern end of Bahrain Island
- capital of Bangladesh
- the capital and largest city of Bangladesh
- capital of Barbados
- capital of Barbados; a port city on the southwestern coast of Barbados
- capital of Belarus
- the capital of Belarus and of the Commonwealth of Independent States
- capital of Belgium
- the capital and largest city of Belgium; seat of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
- capital of Benin
- the capital of Benin in southwestern part of country on a coastal lagoon
- capital of Bolivia
- capital city in western Bolivia and the administrative seat of Bolivia's government; largest city in Bolivia
- capital of Botswana
- capital and largest city of Botswana in the extreme southeast
- capital of Burundi
- the capital and largest city of Burundi
- capital of California
- a city in north central California 75 miles to the northeast of San Francisco on the Sacramento River; capital of California
- capital of Cameroon
- the capital of Cameroon
- capital of Canada
- the capital of Canada (located in southeastern Ontario across the Ottawa river from Quebec)
- capital of Cape Verde
- the capital of Cape Verde on Sao Tiago Island
- capital of Central Africa
- the capital and largest city of the Central African Republic
- capital of Chad
- the capital and largest city of Chad; located in the southwestern on the Shari river
- capital of Colombia
- capital and largest city of Colombia; located in central Colombia on a high fertile plain
- capital of Colorado
- the state capital and largest city of Colorado; located in central Colorado on the South Platte river
- capital of Connecticut
- the state capital of Connecticut; located in central Connecticut on the Connecticut river; a center of the insurance business
- capital of Costa Rica
- the capital and largest city of Costa Rica
- capital of Cuba
- the capital and largest city of Cuba; located in western Cuba; one of the oldest cities in the Americas
- capital of Cyprus
- the capital and largest city of Cyprus
- capital of Delaware
- the capital of the state of Delaware
- capital of Djibouti
- port city on the Gulf of Aden; the capital and largest city of Djibouti
- capital of Ecuador
- the capital of Ecuador
- capital of Egypt
- the capital of Egypt and the largest city in Africa; a major port just to the south of the Nile delta; formerly the home of the Pharaohs
- capital of Estonia
- a port city on the Gulf of Finland that is the capital and largest city of Estonia
- capital of Ethiopia
- the capital of Ethiopia and the country's largest city; located in central Ethiopia
- capital of Finland
- the capital and largest city of Finland; located in southern Finland; a major port and commercial and cultural center
- capital of Florida
- capital of the state of Florida; located in northern Florida
- capital of France
- the capital and largest city of France; and international center of culture and commerce
- capital of Gabon
- the capital of Gabon
- capital of Gambia
- a port city and capital of Gambia
- capital of Georgia
- the capital and largest city of Georgia on the Kura river
- capital of Georgia
- state capital and largest city of Georgia; chief commercial center of the southeastern United States; was plundered and burned by Sherman's army during the American Civil War
- capital of Ghana
- the capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port
- capital of Greece
- the capital and largest city of Greece; named after Athena (its patron goddess)
- capital of Grenada
- the capital and largest city of Grenada
- capital of Guatemala
- the capital and largest city of Guatemala
- capital of Guinea
- a port and the capital of Guinea
- capital of Guinea-Bissau
- the capital of Guinea-Bissau
- capital of Hawaii
- the capital and largest city of Hawaii; located on a large bay on the island of Oahu
- capital of Hungary
- capital and largest city of Hungary; located on the Danube River in north-central Hungary
- capital of Iceland
- the capital and chief port of Iceland on the southwestern coast of Iceland; buildings are heated by natural hot water
- capital of Idaho
- the capital and largest city of Idaho
- capital of Illinois
- capital of the state of Illinois
- capital of Indiana
- the capital and largest city of Indiana; a major commercial center in the country's heartland; site of an annual 500-mile automobile race
- capital of Indonesia
- capital and largest city of Indonesia; located on the island of Java; founded by the Dutch in 17th century
- capital of Iowa
- the capital and largest city in Iowa
- capital of Iraq
- capital and largest city of Iraq; located on the Tigris River
- capital of Ireland
- capital and largest city and major port of the Irish Republic
- capital of Israel
- capital and largest city of the modern state of Israel (although its status as capital is disputed); it was captured from Jordan in 1967 in the Six Day War; a holy city for Jews and Christians and Muslims; was the capital of an ancient kingdom
- capital of Italy
- capital and largest city of Italy; on the Tiber; seat of the Roman Catholic Church; formerly the capital of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire
- capital of Jamaica
- capital and largest city of Jamaica
- capital of Japan
- the capital and largest city of Japan; the economic and cultural center of Japan
- capital of Jordan
- the capital and largest city of Jordan
- capital of Kansas
- the capital of the state of Kansas; located in eastern Kansas on the Kansas river
- capital of Kazakhstan
- remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998
- capital of Kentucky
- the capital of Kentucky; located in northern Kentucky
- capital of Kenya
- the capital and largest city of Kenya; a center for tourist safaris
- capital of Kuwait
- a seaport on the Persian Gulf and capital of Kuwait
- capital of Kyrgyzstan
- the capital of Kyrgyzstan (known as Frunze 1926-1991)
- capital of Latvia
- a port city on the Gulf of Riga that is the capital and largest city of Latvia; formerly a member of the Hanseatic League
- capital of Lebanon
- capital and largest city of Lebanon; located in western Lebanon on the Mediterranean
- capital of Lesotho
- the capital of Lesotho; located in northwestern Lesotho
- capital of Liberia
- the capital and chief port and largest city of Liberia
- capital of Liechtenstein
- the capital and largest city of Liechtenstein
- capital of Lithuania
- the capital and largest city of Lithuania; located in southeastern Lithuania
- capital of Louisiana
- capital of Louisiana
- capital of Luxembourg
- the capital and largest city of Luxembourg
- capital of Madagascar
- the capital and largest city of Madagascar
- capital of Maine
- the capital of the state of Maine
- capital of Malawi
- the capital of Malawi; located in south central Malawi
- capital of Malaysia
- Malaysia's sparkling new capital
- capital of Malta
- the capital of Malta; located on the northeastern coast of the island
- capital of Maryland
- state capital of Maryland; site of the United States Naval Academy
- capital of Massachusetts
- state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services
- capital of Mexico
- the capital and largest city of Mexico is a political and cultural and commercial and industrial center; one of the world's largest cities
- capital of Michigan
- capital of the state of Michigan; located in southern Michigan on the Grand River
- capital of Minnesota
- capital of the state of Minnesota; located in southeastern Minnesota on the Mississippi river adjacent to Minneapolis; one of the Twin Cities
- capital of Mississippi
- capital of the state of Mississippi on the Pearl River
- capital of Missouri
- capital of the state of Missouri; located in central Missouri on the Missouri river
- capital of Moldova
- the capital of Moldova
- capital of Mongolia
- the capital and largest city of Mongolia
- capital of Montana
- capital of the state of Montana; located in western Montana
- capital of Morocco
- the capital of Morocco; located in the northwestern on the Atlantic coast
- capital of Mozambique
- the capital and largest city of Mozambique
- capital of Nebraska
- capital of the state of Nebraska; located in southeastern Nebraska; site of the University of Nebraska
- capital of Nepal
- the capital and largest city of Nepal
- capital of Nevada
- capital of the state of Nevada; located in western Nevada
- capital of New Hampshire
- capital of the state of New Hampshire; located in south central New Hampshire on the Merrimack river
- capital of New Jersey
- capital of the state of New Jersey; located in western New Jersey on the Delaware river
- capital of New Mexico
- capital of the state of New Mexico; located in north central New Mexico
- capital of New York
- state capital of New York; located in eastern New York State on the west bank of the Hudson river
- capital of New Zealand
- the capital of New Zealand
- capital of Nicaragua
- the capital and largest city of Nicaragua
- capital of Niger
- the capital and largest city of Niger
- capital of Nigeria
- capital of Nigeria in the center of the country
- capital of North Carolina
- capital of the state of North Carolina; located in the east central part of the North Carolina
- capital of North Dakota
- capital of the state of North Dakota; located in south central North Dakota overlooking the Missouri river
- capital of North Korea
- capital of North Korea and an industrial center
- capital of Northern Ireland
- capital and largest city of Northern Ireland; the center of Protestantism in Northern Ireland
- capital of Norway
- the capital and largest city of Norway; the country's main port; located at the head of a fjord on Norway's southern coast
- capital of Ohio
- the state capital of Ohio; located in the center of the state; site of Ohio State University
- capital of Oklahoma
- capital and largest city of Oklahoma; the economy is based on oil and livestock
- capital of Oman
- a port on the Gulf of Oman and capital of the sultanate of Oman
- capital of Oregon
- capital of the state of Oregon in the northwestern part of the state on the Willamette River
- capital of Pakistan
- the capital of Pakistan in the north on a plateau; the site was chosen in 1959
- capital of Papua New Guinea
- the administrative capital and largest city of Papua New Guinea
- capital of Paraguay
- the capital and chief port of Paraguay
- capital of Pennsylvania
- capital of Pennsylvania; located in southern part of state
- capital of Peru
- capital and largest city and economic center of Peru; located in western Peru; was capital of the Spanish empire in the New World until the 19th century
- capital of Poland
- the capital and largest city of Poland; located in central Poland
- capital of Portugal
- capital and largest city and economic and cultural center of Portugal; a major port in western Portugal on Tagus River where it broadens and empties into the Atlantic
- capital of Qatar
- the capital and chief port of Qatar
- capital of Red China
- capital of the People's Republic of China in the Hebei province in northeastern China; 2nd largest Chinese city
- capital of Rhode Island
- the capital and largest city of Rhode Island; located in northeastern Rhode Island on Narragansett Bay; site of Brown University
- capital of Romania
- national capital and largest city of Romania in southeastern Romania
- capital of Rwanda
- the national capital and largest city of Rwanda; located in central Rwanda
- capital of San Marino
- the capital and only city of San Marino
- capital of Saudi Arabia
- joint capital (with Mecca) of Saudi Arabia located in the central oasis; largest city in Saudi Arabia
- capital of Senegal
- the capital and chief port and largest city of Senegal
- capital of Serbia and Montenegro
- capital and largest city of Serbia and Montenegro; situated on the Danube
- capital of Seychelles
- port city and the capital of Seychelles
- capital of Sierra Leone
- port city and the capital and largest city of Sierra Leone
- capital of Singapore
- the capital of Singapore; one of the world's biggest ports
- capital of Slovakia
- capital and largest city of Slovakia
- capital of Somalia
- the capital and largest city of Somalia; a port on the Indian Ocean
- capital of South Africa
- city in the Transvaal; the seat of the executive branch of the government of South Africa
- capital of South Carolina
- capital and largest city in South Carolina; located in central South Carolina
- capital of South Dakota
- capital of the state of South Dakota; located in central South Dakota on the Missouri river
- capital of South Korea
- the capital of South Korea and the largest city of Asia; located in northwestern South Korea
- capital of Spain
- the capital and largest city situated centrally in Spain; home of an outstanding art museum
- capital of Sri Lanka
- the capital and largest city of Sri Lanka; has one of the largest harbors in the world; is located on the western coast of the island of Ceylon
- capital of Sudan
- the capital of Sudan located at the confluence of the Blue Nile and White Nile
- capital of Suriname
- the capital and largest city and major port of Surinam
- capital of Swaziland
- capital of Swaziland; located in northwestern Swaziland
- capital of Sweden
- the capital and largest city of Sweden; located in southern Sweden on the Baltic
- capital of Switzerland
- the capital of Switzerland; located in western Switzerland
- capital of Syria
- an ancient city (widely regarded as the world's oldest) and present capital and largest city of Syria; according to the New Testament, the Apostle Paul (then known as Saul) underwent a dramatic conversion on the road to Damascus
- capital of Taiwan
- the capital of Nationalist China; located in northern Taiwan
- capital of Tajikistan
- the capital of Tajikistan; formerly Stalinabad 1926-1991
- capital of Tanzania
- the capital and largest port city of Tanzania on the Indian Ocean
- capital of Tennessee
- capital of the state of Tennessee; located in the north central part of the state on the Cumberland River; known for country music
- capital of Texas
- state capital of Texas on the Colorado River; site of the University of Texas
- capital of Thailand
- the capital and largest city and chief port of Thailand; a leading city in southeastern Asia; noted for Buddhist architecture
- capital of the Bahamas
- the capital of the Bahamas
- capital of the Dominican Republic
- the capital and largest city of the Dominican Republic
- capital of The Netherlands
- an industrial center and the nominal capital of the Netherlands; center of the diamond-cutting industry; seat of an important stock exchange; known for its canals and art museum
- capital of the Philippines
- the capital and largest city of the Philippines; located on southern Luzon
- capital of the Russian Federation
- a city of central European Russia; formerly capital of both the Soviet Union and Soviet Russia; since 1991 the capital of the Russian Federation
- capital of the Ukraine
- capital and largest city of the Ukraine; a major manufacturing and transportation center
- capital of the United Kingdom
- the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
- capital of the United States
- the capital of the United States in the District of Columbia and a tourist mecca; George Washington commissioned Charles L'Enfant to lay out the city in 1791
- capital of Tibet
- the sacred city of Lamaism; known as the Forbidden City for its former inaccessibility and hostility to strangers
- capital of Togo
- capital and largest city of Togo; located in the south on the Gulf of Guinea
- capital of Trinidad and Tobago
- the capital and largest city of Trinidad and Tobago on the west coast of the island of Trinidad
- capital of Tunisia
- the capital and principal port of Tunisia
- capital of Turkey
- the capital of Turkey; located in west-central Turkey; it was formerly known as Angora and is the home of Angora goats
- capital of Turkmenistan
- the capital and largest city of Turkmenistan
- capital of Uganda
- the capital and largest city of Uganda on the north shore of Lake Victoria
- capital of Uruguay
- the capital and largest city of Uruguay; a cosmopolitan city and one of the busiest ports in South America
- capital of Utah
- the capital and largest city of Utah; located near the Great Salt Lake in north central Utah; world capital of the Mormon Church
- capital of Uzbek
- the capital of Uzbekistan
- capital of Vanuatu
- capital of Vanuatu
- capital of Venezuela
- the capital and largest city of Venezuela
- capital of Vermont
- capital of the state of Vermont; located in north central Vermont
- capital of Vietnam
- the capital city of Vietnam; located in North Vietnam
- capital of Virginia
- capital of the state of Virginia located in the east central part of the state; was capital of the Confederacy during the American Civil War
- capital of Washington
- capital of the state of Washington; located in western Washington on Puget Sound
- capital of West Virginia
- state capital of West Virginia in the central part of the state on the Kanawha river
- capital of Western Samoa
- the capital of Western Samoa
- capital of Wisconsin
- capital of the state of Wisconsin; located in the southern part of state; site of the main branch of the University of Wisconsin
- capital of Wyoming
- the capital and largest city of Wyoming; located in the southeastern corner of the state
- capital of Zambia
- the capital and largest city of Zambia
- capital of Zimbabwe
- the capital and largest city of Zimbabwe
- Capitol Hill
- a hill in Washington, D.C., where the Capitol Building sits and Congress meets
- Capitol Reef National Park
- a national park in Utah having colorful rock formations and desert plants and wildlife
- Cappadocia
- an ancient country is eastern Asia Minor
- Capri
- an island (part of Campania) in the Bay of Naples in southern Italy; a tourist attraction noted for beautiful scenery
- Capricorn the Goat
- the tenth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about December 22 to January 19
- car park
- a lot where cars are parked
- Carbondale
- a town in southern Illinois
- Cardiff
- the capital and largest city of Wales
- Caribbean
- region including the Caribbean Islands
- Caribbean Island
- an island in the Caribbean Sea
- Carlsbad
- a town in southeastern New Mexico on the Pecos River near the Mexican border; potash deposits
- Carlsbad Caverns National Park
- a national park in New Mexico featuring what is probably the world's largest cavern with spectacular underground formations
- Carolinas
- the area of the states of North Carolina and South Carolina
- Caroline Islands
- a long archipelago of more than 500 islands in Micronesia to the east of the Philippines
- Cartagena
- a port city in northwestern Colombia on the Caribbean
- Cartagena
- a port in southeastern Spain on the Mediterranean
- Carthage
- an ancient city state on the north African coast near modern Tunis; founded by Phoenicians; destroyed and rebuilt by Romans; razed by Arabs in 697
- Casablanca
- a port on the Atlantic and the largest city of Morocco
- casbah
- an older or native quarter of many cities in northern Africa; the quarter in which the citadel is located
- Casper
- a city of east central Wyoming on the North Platte river
- Castilla
- a region of central Spain; a former kingdom that comprised most of modern Spain and united with Aragon to form Spain in 1479
- Castries
- a port on the island of Saint Lucia; capital and largest city of Saint Lucia
- Catalina Island
- an island resort in the Pacific off the southwestern coast of California
- Catalonia
- a region of northeastern Spain
- Caucasus
- a large region between the Black and Caspian seas that contains the Caucasus Mountains; oil is its major resource
- Cayman Islands
- a British colony in the Caribbean to the northwest of Jamaica; an international banking center
- Cebu
- one of the Visayan islands of the central Philippines; important for its fine harbor
- Cebu City
- an important seaport on the island of Cebu in the Philippines
- Cedar Rapids
- a city in eastern Iowa
- celestial equator
- the great circle on the celestial sphere midway between the celestial poles
- celestial horizon
- the great circle on the celestial sphere whose plane passes through the sensible horizon and the center of the Earth
- celestial latitude
- (astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial body north or to the south of the celestial equator; expressed in degrees; used with right ascension to specify positions on the celestial sphere
- celestial orbit
- the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another
- celestial point
- a point in the heavens (on the celestial sphere)
- celestial pole
- one of two points of intersection of the Earth's axis and the celestial sphere
- celestial sphere
- the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected
- Centennial State
- a state in west central United States in the Rocky Mountains
- center of buoyancy
- (physics) the center of mass of the immersed part of ship or other floating object
- center of flotation
- the center of gravity of a floating object
- center of gravity
- the point within something at which gravity can be considered to act; in uniform gravity it is equal to the center of mass
- center of mass
- point representing the mean position of the matter in a body
- center stage
- the central area on a theater stage
- center
- a place where some particular activity is concentrated
- center
- an area that is approximately central within some larger region
- center
- a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure
- Central African Republic
- a landlocked country in central Africa; formerly under French control; became independent in 1960
- Central America
- the isthmus joining North America and South America; extends from the southern border of Mexico to the northern border of Colombia
- Central American country
- any one of the countries occupying Central America; these countries (except for Belize and Costa Rica) are characterized by low per capita income and unstable governments
- central city
- the central part of a city
- Central Park
- a large park in Manhattan
- Centre
- a low-lying region in central France
- centroid
- the center of mass of an object of uniform density
- Ceylon
- an island in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of India
- Chablis
- a town in north central France noted for white Burgundy wines
- Chalcedon
- a former town on the Bosporus (now part of Istanbul); site of the Council of Chalcedon
- Chaldaea
- an ancient region of Mesopotamia lying between the Euphrates delta and the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Desert; settled in 1000 BC and destroyed by the Persians in 539 BC; reached the height of its power under Nebuchadnezzar II
- Champagne-Ardenne
- a region of northeastern France
- Champaign
- a university town in east central Illinois adjoining Urbana
- Champs Elysees
- a major avenue in Paris famous for elegant shops and cafes
- Chancellorsville
- a village in northeastern Virginia
- Changan
- a city of central China; capital of ancient Chinese empire 221-206 BC
- Channel Island
- any of a group of British islands in the English Channel off the northern coast of France
- Channel Islands National Park
- a national park in California featuring sea birds and marine life
- Chapel Hill
- a town in central North Carolina; site of the University of North Carolina
- Charleroi
- city in southwestern Belgium; center of an industrial region
- Charleston
- a port city in southeastern South Carolina
- Charlestown
- a former town and present-day neighborhood of Boston; settled in 1629
- Charlottetown
- the provincial capital and largest city of Prince Edward Island
- Chartres
- a town in northern France that is noted for its Gothic Cathedral
- Chattanooga
- a city in eastern Tennessee
- Chechen Republic
- an autonomous republic in southwestern Russia in the northern Caucasus Mountains bordering on Georgia; declared independence from the USSR in 1991 but Russian troops invaded and continue to prosecute a relentless military campaign in the largely Muslim republic
- checkpoint
- a place (as at a frontier) where travellers are stopped for inspection and clearance
- Cheddar
- a village in southwestern England where cheddar cheese was first made
- Chelyabinsk
- a city in the Asian part of Russia
- Chemulpo
- a port city in western South Korea on the Yellow Sea
- Chennai
- a city in Tamil Nadu on the Bay of Bengal; formerly Madras
- Cherbourg
- a port town in northwestern France on the English Channel; site of a naval base
- Cherepovets
- a city of east central Russia to the north of Moscow
- Chernobyl
- a city in north central Ukraine; site of a major disaster at a nuclear power plant (26 April 1986)
- Chester
- a city of southeastern Pennsylvania on the Delaware river (an industrial suburb of Philadelphia)
- Cheviot Hills
- a range of hills on the border between England and Scotland
- Chihuahua
- a state in northern Mexico; mostly high plateau
- Chihuahua
- a city in northern Mexico in the state of Chihuahua; commercial center of northern Mexico
- Chihuahuan Desert
- a desert in western Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and northern Mexico
- Chiloe
- the largest Chilean island and the only one to be settled; located off south-central Chile
- Chittagong
- a port city and industrial center in southeastern Bangladesh on the Bay of Bengal
- chokepoint
- a point of congestion or blockage
- Chosen
- the name for Korea as a Japanese province (1910-1945)
- Christchurch
- industrial city at the center of a rich agricultural region
- Chula Vista
- an industrial city in southern California (south of San Diego) near the Mexican border
- Chungking
- a city in south-central China on the Chang Jiang; a commercial center for western China
- Churchill
- a Canadian town in northern Manitoba on Hudson Bay; important port for shipping grain
- Cincinnati
- a city in southern Ohio on the Ohio river
- circuit
- an established itinerary of venues or events that a particular group of people travel to
- circuit
- the boundary line encompassing an area or object
- Citta del Vaticano
- the capital of the State of the Vatican City
- city
- an incorporated administrative district established by state charter
- city district
- a district of a town or city
- city limit
- the limits of the area occupied by a city or town
- city line
- the boundary of a city
- City of Bridges
- a city in northwestern Belgium that is connected by canal to the North Sea; in the 13th century it was a leading member of the Hanseatic League; the old city (known as the City of Bridges) is a popular tourist attraction
- City of Brotherly Love
- the largest city in Pennsylvania; located in the southeastern part of the state on the Delaware river; site of Independence Hall where the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were signed; site of the University of Pennsylvania
- City of London
- the part of London situated within the ancient boundaries; the commercial and financial center of London
- City of the Angels
- a city in southern California; motion picture capital of the world; most populous city of California and second largest in the United States
- City of Westminster
- a borough of Greater London on the Thames; contains Buckingham Palace and the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey
- city
- a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
- Ciudad Bolivar
- a port in eastern Venezuela on the Orinoco river
- Ciudad Juarez
- a city in northern Mexico on the Rio Grande opposite El Paso
- Ciudad Victoria
- a city in east central Mexico
- civic center
- the center of a city
- Clarksburg
- a city in northern West Virginia
- clear
- a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water
- clearing
- a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area
- Cleveland
- the largest city in Ohio; located in northeastern Ohio on Lake Erie; a major Great Lakes port
- Clichy-la-Garenne
- a northwestern suburb of Paris; the residence of the Merovingian royalty in the 7th century
- climatic zone
- any of the geographical zones loosely divided according to prevailing climate and latitude
- Clinton
- a town in east central Iowa
- close quarters
- a situation of being uncomfortably close to someone or something
- Cnossus
- an ancient town on Crete where Bronze Age culture flourished from about 2000 BC to 1400 BC
- Co-operative Republic of Guyana
- a republic in northeastern South America; formerly part of the British Empire, but it achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1966
- Coahuila
- a state in northern Mexico; mostly high plateau
- coal seam
- a seam of coal
- coalface
- the part of a coal seam that is being cut
- coalfield
- a region where there is coal underground
- coaling station
- a seaport where ships can take on supplies of coal
- coastline
- the outline of a coast
- Coats Land
- a region of western Antarctica along the southeastern shore of the Weddell Sea
- Coeur d'Alene
- a town in the northern panhandle of Idaho; popular resort area
- Colchis
- (Greek mythology) a region on the Black Sea to the south of the Caucasus that was the site of an ancient country where (according to Greek mythology) Jason sought the Golden Fleece
- Cologne
- a commercial center and river port in western Germany on the Rhine River; flourished during the 15th century as a member of the Hanseatic League
- colony
- a place where a group of people with the same interest or occupation are concentrated
- Colony
- one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States
- colony
- a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country
- Colorado Desert
- an arid region of southeastern California
- Colorado Springs
- a city in east central Colorado on the eastern edge of the Rocky Mountains; popular tourist center and site of the United States Air Force Academy
- Colossae
- an ancient city in south western Phrygia in Asia Minor; site of an early Christian Church
- Columbia
- a university town in central Missouri
- Columbia
- a town in west central Tennessee
- Columbus
- a town in eastern Mississippi near the border with Alabama
- Columbus
- a city in western Georgia on the Chattahoochee River; industrial center
- combat area
- a military area where combat forces operate
- combat zone
- a city district known for its vice and high crime rate
- common land
- a pasture subject to common use
- common
- a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area
- commonwealth
- the official name of some states in the United States (Massachusetts and Pennsylvania and Virginia and Kentucky) and associated territories (Puerto Rico)
- Commonwealth of Australia
- a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony
- Commonwealth of Dominica
- a country on the island of Dominica
- Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
- a self-governing commonwealth associated with the United States occupying the island of Puerto Rico
- Commonwealth of the Bahamas
- island country in the Atlantic to the east of Florida and Cuba; a popular winter resort
- commune
- the smallest administrative district of several European countries
- community
- a district where people live; occupied primarily by private residences
- Comoro Islands
- three main islands and numerous islets in the Indian Ocean between Mozambique and Madagascar
- Concepcion
- an industrial city in Chile to the south of Santiago
- Concord
- town in eastern Massachusetts near Boston where the first battle of the American Revolution was fought
- concrete jungle
- an area in a city with large modern buildings that is perceived as dangerous and unpleasant
- Coney Island
- a section of Brooklyn on the Atlantic; known as an amusement center
- Confederate States of America
- the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861
- confluence
- a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers)
- congressional district
- a territorial division of a state; entitled to elect one member to the United States House of Representatives
- Connecticut
- one of the British colonies that formed the United States
- Constantina
- a Romanian resort city on the Black Sea
- Constantine
- a walled city in northeastern Algeria to the east of Algiers; was destroyed in warfare in the 4th century and rebuilt by Constantine I
- Constantinople
- the largest city and former capital of Turkey; rebuilt on the site of ancient Byzantium by Constantine I in the fourth century; renamed Constantinople by Constantine who made it the capital of the Byzantine Empire; now the seat of the Eastern Orthodox Church
- Constitution State
- a New England state; one of the original 13 colonies
- Continent
- the European mainland
- continental divide
- the watershed of a continent (especially the watershed of North America formed by a series of mountain ridges extending from Alaska to Mexico)
- conurbation
- an aggregation or continuous network of urban communities
- Cooperstown
- a small town in east central New York; site of the National Baseball Hall of Fame
- Cordova
- a city in southern Spain; center of Moorish culture
- Cordova
- a city in central Argentina; site of a university founded in 1613
- core
- the center of an object
- Cork
- a port city in southern Ireland
- Corn Belt
- the midwestern states in the U.S. where corn is grown; Iowa and Illinois are excellent for raising corn and corn-fed livestock
- corn cob
- the hard cylindrical core that bears the kernels of an ear of corn
- corn field
- a field planted with corn
- corner
- the point where two lines meet or intersect
- corner
- a place off to the side of an area
- corner
- a remote area
- corner
- the point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect
- Cornhusker State
- a midwestern state on the Great Plains
- Cornwall
- a hilly county in southwestern England
- Corpus Christi
- a city in southern Texas on an arm of the Gulf of Mexico
- Corsica
- a region of France on the island of Corsica; birthplace of Napoleon Bonaparte
- Corsica
- an island in the Mediterranean; with adjacent islets it constitutes a region of France
- Cotacachi
- an Andean volcano in northern Ecuador; last erupted in 1955
- Cotonou
- chief port of Benin on the Bight of Benin
- Cotopaxi
- the world's largest active volcano; located in the Andes in north central Ecuador
- Cotswold Hills
- a range of low hills in southwestern England
- Council Bluffs
- a town in southwest Iowa on the Missouri River across from Omaha
- country of origin
- the country where you were born
- country
- the territory occupied by a nation
- country
- an area outside of cities and towns
- countryside
- rural regions
- county
- (United Kingdom) a region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government
- county
- (United States) the largest administrative district within a state
- county courthouse
- the town or city that is the seat of government for a county
- county line
- the boundary between two counties
- county palatine
- the territory of a count palatine
- county town
- the town or city that is the seat of government for a shire
- course
- general line of orientation
- Coventry
- an industrial city in central England; devastated by air raids during World War II; remembered as the home of Lady Godiva in the 11th century
- cow pasture
- a pasture for cows
- cow town
- a small town in a cattle-raising area of western North America
- Crater Lake National Park
- a national park in Oregon having the deepest lake in the United States in the crater of an extinct volcano
- crawl space
- low space beneath a floor of a building; gives workers access to wiring or plumbing
- Cremona
- a city in Lombardy on the Po River; noted for the manufacture of fine violins from the 16th to the 18th centuries
- crest
- the top line of a hill, mountain, or wave
- crest
- the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)
- Crimea
- a Ukrainian peninsula between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov
- crinion
- point where the hairline meets the midpoint of the forehead
- cross section
- a section created by a plane cutting a solid perpendicular to its longest axis
- crosscut
- a diagonal path
- crossing
- a point where two lines (paths or arcs etc.) intersect
- Crown Colony
- a British colony controlled by the British Crown, represented by a governor
- Cuba
- the largest island in the West Indies
- Culebra
- a small island off the coast of Puerto Rico with miles of beautiful beaches
- Culiacan
- a city in northwestern Mexico
- culmination
- (astronomy) a heavenly body's highest celestial point above an observer's horizon
- Cumana
- a port city in northeastern Venezuela on the Caribbean Sea; founded in 1523, it is the oldest European settlement in South America
- Cumbria
- a county of northwestern England
- Cumbria
- a former Celtic kingdom in northwestern England; the name continued to be used for the hilly northwestern region of England including the Lake District and the northern Pennines
- Curacao
- a popular island resort in the Netherlands Antilles
- Curitiba
- a city in southeastern Brazil
- Cuzco
- a town in the Andes in southern Peru; formerly the capital of the Inca empire
- Cynoscephalae
- the fields in Thessaly where in 197 BC the Romans defeated the Macedonians
- Cyprus
- an island in the eastern Mediterranean
- Czech capital
- the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic in the western part of the country; a cultural and commercial center since the 14th century
- Czech Republic
- a landlocked republic in central Europe; separated from Slovakia in 1993
- Czechoslovakia
- a former republic in central Europe; divided into Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993
- Czestochowa
- a city of southern Poland whose church contains the statue of the black Madonna which attracts many pilgrims
- D region
- the lowest region of the ionosphere (35 to 50 miles up) that reflects low-frequency radio waves
- Dae-Han-Min-Gook
- an Asian peninsula (off Manchuria) separating the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan; the Korean name is Dae-Han-Min-Gook or Han-Gook
- Dakota
- the area of the states of North Dakota and South Dakota
- Dalian
- a port and shipbuilding center in northeastern China on the Liaodong Peninsula; now a part of Luda
- Dallas
- a large commercial and industrial city in northeastern Texas located in the heart of the northern Texas oil fields
- Dalmatia
- a historical region of Croatia on the Adriatic Sea; mountainous with many islands
- danger
- a dangerous place
- danger line
- a line beyond which it is dangerous to go
- danger zone
- a dangerous area
- Danish capital
- the capital and largest city of Denmark; located on the island of Zealand
- Darfur
- an impoverished region of western Sudan
- dark
- an unilluminated area
- Darwin
- provincial capital of the Northern Territory of Australia
- Dasht-e-Lut
- a desert in eastern Iran
- Daugavpils
- a city of southeastern Latvia
- Davenport
- a city in eastern Iowa on the Mississippi River across from Moline and Rock Island
- Dawson
- a town in northwestern Canada in the Yukon on the Yukon River; a boom town around 1900 when gold was discovered in the Klondike
- Dayton
- a city in southwest Ohio; manufacturing center
- Daytona Beach
- a resort town in northeast Florida on the Atlantic coast; hard white beaches have been used for automobile speed trials
- dead drop
- a drop used for the clandestine exchange of intelligence information
- Death Valley
- a desert area that is part of the Mojave Desert in eastern California and southwestern Nevada; contains the lowest point in North America
- Decatur
- a town in northern Alabama on the Tennessee River
- Decatur
- a city in central Illinois; Abraham Lincoln practiced law here
- Deep South
- the southeastern region of the United States: South Carolina and Georgia and Alabama and Mississippi and Louisiana; prior to the American Civil War all these states produced cotton and permitted slavery
- deep space
- any region in space outside the solar system
- Del Rio
- a town in southwest Texas on the Rio Grande to the west of San Antonio
- Delaware
- one of the British colonies that formed the United States
- Delphi
- an ancient Greek city on the slopes of Mount Parnassus; site of the oracle of Delphi
- demarcation
- the boundary of a specific area
- Demavend
- an active volcano in northern Iran
- Demerara
- a former Dutch colony in South America; now a part of Guyana
- demesne
- territory over which rule or control is exercised
- Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria
- a republic in northwestern Africa on the Mediterranean Sea with a population that is predominantly Sunni Muslim; colonized by France in the 19th century but gained autonomy in the early 1960s
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- a communist country in the northern half of the Korean Peninsula; established in 1948
- Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe
- island nation in the South Atlantic off the west coast of Africa; achieved independence from Portugal in 1975; has enormous offshore oil reserves
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- a republic in central Africa; achieved independence from Belgium in 1960
- Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
- a republic on the island of Ceylon; became independent of the United Kingdom in 1948
- den
- a hiding place; usually a remote place used by outlaws
- den
- the habitation of wild animals
- Denali National Park
- a large national park in Alaska having peaks of the Alaska Range (including Mount McKinley) and the huge Denali fault
- department
- the territorial and administrative division of some countries (such as France)
- depths
- (plural) the deepest and most remote part
- derivation
- the source or origin from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues)
- descending node
- the point at which an orbit crosses the ecliptic plane going south
- desert
- arid land with little or no vegetation
- desktop
- the top of a desk
- destination
- the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey)
- detention basin
- a storage site (such as a small reservoir) that delays the flow of water downstream
- development
- a district that has been developed to serve some purpose
- Devonshire
- a county in southwestern England
- Dhahran
- an oil town in eastern Saudi Arabia on an inlet from the Persian Gulf; in June 1996 terrorists bombed an apartment complex in Dhahran killing 19 United States soldiers and wounding more than 300 people
- Dhodhekanisos
- a group of islands in the southeast Aegean Sea
- Diamond State
- a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
- Dijon
- an industrial city in eastern France to the north of Lyons
- Dipylon gate
- a gateway to the west of ancient Athens near which a distinctive style of pottery has been found
- direction
- a line leading to a place or point
- disaster area
- a region whose population is affected by a general disaster
- disc space
- (computer science) the space available on a magnetic disk
- disk overhead
- (computer science) the disk space required for information that is not data but is used for location and timing
- Disneyland
- an amusement park in Anaheim created in 1955 by Walt Disney
- distance
- a distant region
- district line
- the boundary between two districts
- District of Columbia
- the district occupied entirely by the city of Washington; chosen by George Washington as the site of the capital of the United States and created out of land ceded by Maryland and Virginia
- district
- a region marked off for administrative or other purposes
- divide
- a ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems
- Djanet
- a desert town in southeastern Algeria
- DMZ
- a zone from which military forces or operations or installations are prohibited
- Dneprodzerzhinsk
- port city and industrial center in east central Ukraine on the Dnieper River
- dockside
- the region adjacent to a boat dock
- dockyard
- an establishment on the waterfront where vessels are built or fitted out or repaired
- Dodge City
- a town of southwestern Kansas on the Arkansas River; formerly a rowdy cow town
- Dodoma
- a city in the center of Tanzania that has been designated as the future capital
- domicile
- (law) the residence where you have your permanent home or principal establishment and to where, whenever you are absent, you intend to return; every person is compelled to have one and only one domicile at a time
- Dominica
- a volcanic island in the Windward Islands that was once a stronghold of the Carib Indians
- Dominican Republic
- a republic in the West Indies; located on the eastern two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola
- Donets Basin
- an industrial region in the Ukraine
- Donetske
- an industrial city in the Donets Basin
- Doris
- a small region of ancient Greece where the Doric dialect was spoken
- Dortmund
- an industrial city in northwestern Germany; flourished from the 13th to 17th century as a member of the Hanseatic League
- Douala
- the largest city of Cameroon
- Downing Street
- a street of Westminster in London
- Dresden
- a city in southeastern Germany on the Elbe River; it was almost totally destroyed by British air raids in 1945
- drop
- a predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen property)
- drop zone
- an agreed area where military supplies are dropped to ground troops
- Dubai
- port city in the United Arab Emirates on the Persian Gulf
- Dubrovnik
- a port city in southwestern Croatia on the Adriatic; a popular tourist center
- Dubuque
- a town in eastern Iowa on the Mississippi River
- duchy
- the domain controlled by a duke or duchess
- dude ranch
- a holiday resort offering ranch activities (riding and camping)
- Duluth
- a city in northeast Minnesota on Lake Superior
- dump
- a piece of land where waste materials are dumped
- Dunkerque
- a seaport in northern France on the North Sea; scene of the evacuation of British forces in 1940 during World War II
- Durazzo
- port city in western Albania on the Adriatic
- Durban
- a port city in eastern South Africa on the Indian Ocean; resort and industrial center
- Durham
- a city of north central North Carolina; site of Duke University
- Dusseldorf
- an industrial city in western Germany on the Rhine
- dust bowl
- a region subject to dust storms; especially the central region of United States subject to dust storms in the 1930s
- earldom
- the domain controlled by an earl or count or countess
- earreach
- the range within which a voice can be heard
- earth
- the abode of mortals (as contrasted with Heaven or Hell)
- east
- a location in the eastern part of a country, region, or city
- East Africa
- a geographical area in eastern Africa
- East Anglia
- a region of eastern England that was formerly a kingdom
- East Coast
- the eastern seaboard of the United States (especially the strip between Boston and Washington D.C.)
- East Malaysia
- the part of Malaysia that is on the island of Borneo
- East River
- a tidal strait separating Manhattan and the Bronx from Queens and Brooklyn
- East Saint Louis
- a town in southwest Illinois on the Mississippi across from Saint Louis
- east side
- the side that is on the east
- East Sussex
- a county in southern England on the English Channel
- East Timor
- a former Portuguese colony that was annexed by Indonesia in 1976; voted for independence from Indonesia in 1999 and in May 2002 became an independent nation
- east-west direction
- in a direction parallel with lines of latitude
- Eastern Desert
- a desert in Egypt between the Nile River and the Red Sea
- eastern hemisphere
- the hemisphere that includes Eurasia and Africa and Australia
- Eastern Roman Empire
- a continuation of the Roman Empire in the Middle East after its division in 395
- eastern United States
- the region of the United States lying to the north of the Ohio River and to the east of the Mississippi River
- Eau Claire
- a town in west central Wisconsin
- ecliptic
- the great circle representing the apparent annual path of the sun; the plane of the Earth's orbit around the sun; makes an angle of about 23 degrees with the equator
- Edinburgh
- the capital of Scotland; located in the Lothian Region on the south side of the Firth of Forth
- Edmonton
- the capital of the province of Alberta
- Egyptian Empire
- an ancient empire to the west of Israel; centered on the Nile River and ruled by a Pharaoh; figured in many events described in the Old Testament
- Ehadhamen
- city in Tunisia
- Eindhoven
- city in southeastern Netherlands noted for electrical industry
- eitchen midden
- (archeology) a mound of domestic refuse containing shells and animal bones marking the site of a prehistoric settlement
- El Aaium
- a town in Morocco near the Atlantic coast
- El Alamein
- a village to the west of Alexandria on the northern coast of Egypt; the scene of a decisive Allied victory over the Germans in 1942
- El Giza
- an ancient Egyptian city on the west bank of the Nile opposite Cairo; site of three Great Pyramids and the Sphinx
- El Iskandriyah
- the chief port of Egypt; located on the western edge of the Nile delta on the Mediterranean Sea; founded by Alexander the Great; the capital of ancient Egypt
- El Misti
- the world's 2nd largest active volcano; located in the Andes in southern Peru
- El Paso
- a city in western Texas on the Mexican border; located on the northern bank of the Rio Grande across from the Mexican city of Juarez
- El-Aksur
- a city in central Egypt on the east bank of the Nile that is a center for visitors to the ruins of and around Thebes
- election district
- one of several districts into which a city or town is divided for voting; each contains one polling place
- electron orbit
- the path of an electron around the nucleus of an atom
- element
- the most favorable environment for a plant or animal
- Elisabethville
- a city in southeastern Congo near the border with Zambia; a copper mining center; former name (until 1966) was Elisabethville
- Ellice Islands
- a group of coral islands in Micronesia to the southwest of Hawaii
- Ellis Island
- an island in New York Bay that was formerly the principal immigration station for the United States
- Elmont
- a town on Long Island in New York; site of Belmont Park
- Emerald Isle
- an island comprising the republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland
- Emilia-Romagna
- a region of north central Italy on the Adriatic
- emirate
- the domain controlled by an emir
- Empire State of the South
- a state in southeastern United States; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War
- empire
- the domain ruled by an emperor or empress; the region over which imperial dominion is exercised
- enclave
- an enclosed territory that is culturally distinct from the foreign territory that surrounds it
- end
- a boundary marking the extremities of something
- end
- the surface at either extremity of a three-dimensional object
- end
- one of two places from which people are communicating to each other
- end point
- a place where something ends or is complete
- end
- either extremity of something that has length
- Enderby Land
- a region of Antarctica between Queen Maud Land and Wilkes Land; claimed by Australia
- England
- a division of the United Kingdom
- Enid
- a town in north central Oklahoma
- Eniwetok
- an atoll in the Marshall Islands; site of an amphibious assault in World War II; later used temporarily by the United States to test atomic bombs
- Entebbe
- a town in southern Uganda on Lake Victoria; site of an international airport (where in 1976 Israeli commandos rescued hostages held aboard a plane by Palestinian hijackers)
- enterprise zone
- a city district where development receives special tax advantages
- entrepot
- a port where merchandise can be imported and then exported without paying import duties
- environment
- the area in which something exists or lives
- environs
- an outer adjacent area of any place
- eparchy
- a province in ancient Greece
- eparchy
- a diocese of the Eastern Orthodox Church
- Ephesus
- an ancient Greek city on the western shore of Asia Minor in what is now Turkey; site of the Temple of Artemis; was a major trading center and played an important role in early Christianity
- epicenter
- the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
- Epirus
- an ancient area on the Ionian Sea that flourished as a kingdom in the 3rd century BC; located in northwestern Greece and southern Albania
- Equality State
- a state in the western United States; mountainous in the west and north with the Great Plains in the east
- equator
- an imaginary line around the Earth forming the great circle that is equidistant from the north and south poles
- equinoctial point
- (astronomy) either of the two celestial points at which the celestial equator intersects the ecliptic
- Erie
- a port city on Lake Erie in northwestern Pennsylvania
- Erie Canal
- an artificial waterway connecting the Hudson river at Albany with Lake Erie at Buffalo; built in the 19th century; now part of the New York State Barge Canal
- Erin
- an early name of Ireland that is now used in poetry
- Espoo
- a city in southern Finland
- Essen
- a city in western Germany; industrial center of the Ruhr
- Essex
- a county in southeastern England on the North Sea and the Thames estuary
- Etruria
- an ancient country in central Italy; assimilated by the Romans by about 200 BC
- Eugene
- a city in western Oregon on the Willamette River; site of a university
- Eureka
- a town in northwest California on an arm of the Pacific Ocean
- European country
- any one of the countries occupying the European continent
- European Russia
- the part of Russia that is part of Europe
- Evansville
- a city in southwestern Indiana on the Ohio River
- Everglade State
- a state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War
- Everglades National Park
- a national park in Florida containing an immense subtropical wilderness with mangrove swamps and rare birds and wild animals
- Evergreen State
- a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific
- exaltation
- the location of a planet in the zodiac at which it is believed to exert its maximum influence
- exterior
- the outer side or surface of something
- exterior
- the region that is outside of something
- extreme
- the point located farthest from the middle of something
- extremity
- the outermost or farthest region or point
- exurbia
- a residential area outside of a city and beyond suburbia
- eyeshot
- the range of the eye
- face
- a surface forming part of the outside of an object
- Faeroe Islands
- a group of 21 volcanic islands in the North Atlantic between Iceland and the Shetland Islands
- Faeroe Islands
- a self-governing colony that is a possession of Denmark in the Faroe Islands
- fairground
- an open area for holding fairs or exhibitions or circuses
- fairway
- a tract of ground free of obstacles to movement
- fairway
- the area between the tee and putting green where the grass is cut short
- fairway
- the usual course taken by vessels through a harbor or coastal waters
- Faisalabad
- city in northeast Pakistan
- Falkland Islands
- a group of over 100 islands in the southern Atlantic off the coast of Argentina; a British Crown Colony
- Far East
- a popular expression for the countries of eastern Asia (usually including China and Mongolia and Taiwan and Japan and Korea and Indochina and eastern Siberia)
- Fargo
- largest city in North Dakota; located in eastern North Dakota on the Red river
- farming area
- a rural area where farming is practiced
- Farmington
- a town in northwestern New Mexico
- Farmington
- a residential town in central Connecticut
- faubourg
- a New Orleans district lying outside the original city limits; used in combination with the names of various quarters of the city
- fault line
- (geology) line determined by the intersection of a geological fault and the earth's surface
- Fayetteville
- a university town in northwestern Arkansas in the Ozarks
- Fayetteville
- a town in south central North Carolina
- Fayetteville
- a town in central West Virginia on the New River
- Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
- Ethiopia is a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; formerly called Abyssinia
- federal district
- a district set apart as the seat of government of a federation
- Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros
- a country on the Comoro Islands
- Federal Republic of Germany
- a republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990
- Federal Republic of Germany
- a republic in north central Europe on the North Sea; established in 1949 from the zones of Germany occupied by the British and French and Americans after the German defeat; reunified with East Germany in 1990
- Federal Republic of Nigeria
- a republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea; gained independence from Britain in 1960; most populous African country
- Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
- a mountainous republic in southeastern Europe bordering on the Adriatic Sea; formed from two of the six republics that made up Yugoslavia until 1992; Serbia and Montenegro were known as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia until 2003 when they adopted the name of the Union of Serbia and Montenegro
- Federated States of Micronesia
- a country scattered over Micronesia with a constitutional government in free association with the United States; achieved independence in 1986
- Federation of Malaysia
- a constitutional monarchy in southeastern Asia on Borneo and the Malay Peninsula; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1957
- Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis
- a country on several of the Leeward Islands; located to the east southeast of Puerto Rico; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1983
- Federative Republic of Brazil
- the largest Latin American country and the largest Portuguese speaking country in the world; located in the central and northeastern part of South America; world's leading coffee exporter
- fence line
- a boundary line created by a fence
- Fengtien
- a city in northeastern China
- Ferrara
- a city in northern Italy
- Fertile Crescent
- a geographical area of fertile land in the Middle East stretching in a broad semicircle from the Nile to the Tigris and Euphrates
- Fez
- a city in north central Morocco; religious center
- fiefdom
- the domain controlled by a feudal lord
- field
- somewhere (away from a studio or office or library or laboratory) where practical work is done or data is collected
- field
- a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed
- field
- a geographic region (land or sea) under which something valuable is found
- field of fire
- the area that a weapon or group of weapons can cover effectively with gun fire from a given position
- field of honor
- the scene of a duel
- field
- a region in which active military operations are in progress
- Fifth Avenue
- an avenue in Manhattan that separates the east side of Manhattan from the west side
- Fiji Islands
- a group of more than 800 islands (100 inhabited) in the southwestern Pacific; larger islands (Viti Levu and Vanua Levu) are of volcanic origin surrounded by coral reefs; smaller islands are coral
- financial center
- the part of a city where financial institutions are centered
- Finger Lakes
- a geographical area in central New York State that is named for a series of narrow glacial lakes that lie parallel in a north-south direction
- finish line
- a line indicating the location of the finish of a race
- firebreak
- a narrow field that has been cleared to check the spread of a prairie fire or forest fire
- fireside
- an area near a fireplace (usually paved and extending out into a room)
- firing line
- the line from which soldiers deliver fire
- Flagstaff
- a town in north central Arizona; site of an important observatory
- Flanders
- a medieval country in northern Europe that included regions now parts of northern France and Belgium and southwestern Netherlands
- flashpoint
- a place of political unrest and potential violence
- flea market
- an open-air street market for inexpensive or secondhand articles
- Fleet Street
- a street in central London where newspaper offices are situated
- flies
- (theater) the space over the stage (out of view of the audience) used to store scenery (drop curtains)
- flight line
- place where airplanes are parked and the maintenance hangars (but not the runways or taxiways)
- flight path
- the path of a rocket or projectile or aircraft through the air
- Flint
- a city in southeast central Michigan near Detroit; automobile manufacturing
- Flodden
- a hill in Northumberland where the invading Scots were defeated by the English in 1513
- Florence
- a city in central Italy on the Arno; provincial capital of Tuscany; center of the Italian Renaissance from 14th to 16th centuries
- Florence
- a town in northeast South Carolina; transportation center
- flyway
- the geographic route along which birds customarily migrate
- focus
- a fixed reference point on the concave side of a conic section
- foot
- the lower part of anything
- Forbidden City
- a walled section of Beijing that encloses the palace that was formerly the residence of the emperor of China
- forefront
- the part in the front or nearest the viewer
- forepart
- the side that is forward or prominent
- Formosa
- an island in southeastern Asia 100 miles off the coast of mainland China in the South China Sea
- Fort George Gordon Meade
- a United States Army base in Maryland; headquarters of the National Security Agency
- Fort Lauderdale
- a city in southeast Florida on the Atlantic coast to the north of Miami; a favorite place for college students to go on their spring vacations
- Fort Myers
- a town in southwest Florida
- Fort Smith
- a town in western Arkansas on the Arkansas River at the Oklahoma border
- Fort Wayne
- a city in northeastern Indiana
- Fort Worth
- a city in northeastern Texas (just to the west of Dallas); a major industrial center
- foul line
- lines through 1st and 3rd base indicating the boundaries of a baseball field
- foul line
- a line across a bowling alley that a bowler must not cross
- foul line
- a line from which basketball players take penalty shots
- fountainhead
- the source of water from which a stream arises
- Franche-Comte
- a former province of eastern France
- Frankfurt on the Main
- a German city; an industrial and commercial and financial center
- Frederick
- a town in northern Maryland to the west of Baltimore
- Fredericksburg
- a town in northeastern Virginia on the Rappahannock River
- Fredericton
- the provincial capital of New Brunswick
- free port
- a port open on equal terms to all commercial vessels
- free port
- an area adjoining a port where goods that are intended for reshipment can be received and stored without payment of duties
- free state
- any state prohibiting slavery prior to the American Civil War
- French Indochina
- the French colonies of the territory now occupied by Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam
- French Polynesia
- a French overseas possession in the South Pacific
- French region
- a geographical subdivision of France
- French Republic
- a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe
- French Riviera
- the French part of the Riviera
- French West Indies
- the islands in the Lesser Antilles that are administered by France
- Fresno
- a city in south central California in the San Joaquin Valley; center of an important agricultural area and gateway to the Sierra Nevada Mountains
- Friesland
- one of the northernmost provinces of the Netherlands
- Friesland
- the western part of the ancient region of Frisia in northern Europe on the North Sea between the Scheldt river and the Weser river; part of this region is now a province in the Netherlands
- Frigid Zone
- the part of the Earth's surface forming a cap over a pole; characterized by frigid climate
- fringe
- a part of the city far removed from the center
- Frisia
- an ancient region of northwestern Europe including the Frisian Islands
- Frisian Islands
- a chain of islands in the North Sea off the coast of northwestern Europe extending from the IJsselmeer to Jutland
- Friuli-Venezia Giulia
- a region in northeastern Italy
- front
- the part of something that is nearest to the normal viewer
- front
- the immediate proximity of someone or something
- frontier
- a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country
- frontier
- an international boundary or the area (often fortified) immediately inside the boundary
- Fuego
- a volcano in south central Guatemala
- Fujinoyama
- an extinct volcano in south central Honshu that is the highest peak in Japan; last erupted in 1707; famous for its symmetrical snow-capped peak; a sacred mountain and site for pilgrimages
- Fukuoka
- a city in southern Japan on Kyushu
- Funafuti
- capital of Tuvalu
- Gabonese Republic
- a republic on the west coast of Africa
- Gadsden
- an industrial town in north central Alabama
- Gafsa
- a city in west central Tunisia
- Gainesville
- a university town in north central Florida
- Galapagos Islands
- a group of islands in the Pacific off South America; owned by Ecuador; known for unusual animal life
- Galatia
- an ancient country in central Asia Minor
- Galeras
- an active volcano in southeastern Colombia in the Andes
- Galicia
- a region (and former kingdom) in northwestern Spain on the Atlantic and the Bay of Biscay
- Galilee
- an area of northern Israel; formerly the northern part of Palestine and the ancient kingdom of Israel; the scene of Jesus's ministry
- Gallia
- an ancient region of western Europe that included what is now northern Italy and France and Belgium and part of Germany and the Netherlands
- Galloway
- a district in southwestern Scotland
- Gallup
- a town in northwestern New Mexico near the Arizona border
- Galveston
- a town in southeast Texas on Galveston Island
- Galveston Island
- an island at the entrance of Galveston Bay
- Galway
- a port city in western Ireland on Galway Bay
- Gambier Islands
- a group of islands in the south central Pacific; part of French Polynesia
- Gansu province
- a province in north-central China; formerly part of the Silk Road to Turkistan and India and Persia
- garbage heap
- an accumulation of refuse and discarded matter
- Garden State
- a Mid-Atlantic state on the Atlantic; one of the original 13 colonies
- Garland
- a city in northeastern Texas (suburb of Dallas)
- Gary
- a city in northwest Indiana on Lake Michigan; steel production
- Gascogne
- a region of southwestern France
- gasfield
- a region where there is natural gas underground
- Gates of the Arctic National Park
- a large national park in Alaska featuring the Great Mendenhall Glacier
- Gateway to the West
- the largest city in Missouri; a busy river port on the Mississippi River near its confluence with the Missouri River; was an important staging area for wagon trains westward in the 19th century
- gathering place
- a favorite haunt where people gather
- Gaza Strip
- a coastal region at the southeastern corner of the Mediterranean bordering Israel and Egypt
- Gdansk
- a port city of northern Poland near the mouth of the Vistula River on a gulf of the Baltic Sea; a member of the Hanseatic League in the 14th century
- Gem State
- a state in the Rocky Mountains
- Gemini the Twins
- the third sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about May 21 to June 20
- Geneve
- a city in southwestern Switzerland at the western end of Lake Geneva; it is the headquarters of various international organizations
- Genova
- a seaport in northwestern Italy; provincial capital of Liguria
- geographic area
- a demarcated area of the Earth
- geographic point
- a point on the surface of the Earth
- geographical zone
- any of the regions of the surface of the Earth loosely divided according to latitude or longitude
- geological horizon
- a layer of rock with a particular composition (especially of fossils); for dating the stratum
- George Town
- the capital of the Cayman Islands
- Georgetown
- port city and the capital and largest city of Guyana
- Georgetown
- a section of northwestern Washington, D.C.
- Georgia
- one of the British colonies that formed the United States
- geostationary orbit
- a geosynchronous orbit that is fixed with respect to a position on the Earth
- geosynchronous orbit
- a circular orbit around the Earth having a period of 24 hours
- German capital
- capital of Germany located in eastern Germany
- German Democratic Republic
- a republic in north central Europe on the Baltic; established by the Soviet Union in 1954; reunified with West Germany in 1990
- Gettysburg
- a small town in southern Pennsylvania; site of a national cemetery
- Ghent
- port city in northwestern Belgium and industrial center; famous for cloth industry
- ghetto
- formerly the restricted quarter of many European cities in which Jews were required to live
- ghetto
- a poor densely populated city district occupied by a minority ethnic group linked together by economic hardship and social restrictions
- ghost town
- a deserted settlement (especially in western United States)
- Gibson Desert
- a desert area in western Australia
- Gila Desert
- a desert area in southern Arizona
- Gilbert and Ellice Islands
- a former British possession in Micronesia
- Gilbert Islands
- a group of islands in Micronesia to the southwest of Hawaii; formerly part of the British colony of Gilbert and Ellice Islands until it became part of the Republic of Kiribati in 1979
- Glasgow
- largest city in Scotland; a port on the Clyde in west central Scotland; one of the great shipbuilding centers of the world
- Gloucester
- a city in southwestern England in Gloucestershire on the Severn
- Gloucester
- a town in northeastern Massachusetts on Cape Ann to the northeast of Boston; the harbor has been a fishing center for centuries
- Gloucestershire
- a county in southwestern England in the lower Severn valley
- Goa
- a state of southwestern India; a former Portuguese colony
- goal line
- a line marking each end of the playing field or pitch; where the goals stand
- Gobi Desert
- a desert in central China
- God's acre
- the yard associated with a church
- Golan Heights
- a fortified hilly area between southern Lebanon and southern Syria
- gold coast
- a rich neighborhood noted for expensive homes and luxurious living; usually along a coastal area
- Golden State
- a state in the western United States on the Pacific; the 3rd largest state; known for earthquakes
- goldfield
- a district where gold is mined
- Goldsboro
- a town that is a major tobacco center in eastern North Carolina
- Golgotha
- a hill near Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified
- Goma
- a city in eastern Congo at the northern end of Lake Kivu near the border with Rwanda
- Gomorrha
- (Old Testament) an ancient city near the Dead Sea that (along with Sodom) was destroyed by God for the vice and depravity of its inhabitants
- Gothenburg
- a port in southwestern Sweden; second largest city in Sweden
- Governador Valadares
- a city in eastern Brazil to the northeast of Belo Horizonte
- grain field
- a field where grain is grown
- Granada
- a city in southeastern Spain that was the capital of the Moorish kingdom until it was captured by Ferdinand and Isabella in 1492; site of the Alhambra (a palace and fortress built by Moors in the Middle Ages) which is now a major tourist attraction
- Grand Canal
- an inland waterway 1000 miles long in eastern China; extends from Tianjin in the north to Hangzhou in the south
- Grand Canal
- the major waterway in Venice, Italy
- Grand Canyon National Park
- a national park in Arizona including the mile deep canyon of the Colorado River which shows geologic features and fossil plants and animals
- Grand Canyon State
- a state in southwestern United States; site of the Grand Canyon
- grand duchy
- the domain controlled by a grand duke or grand duchess
- Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
- a grand duchy (a constitutional monarchy) landlocked in northwestern Europe between France and Belgium and Germany; an international financial center
- Grand Island
- a town in south central Nebraska
- Grand Rapids
- a city in west central Michigan; noted for manufacturing furniture
- Grand Teton National Park
- a national park in Wyoming featuring mountains
- Granite State
- a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies
- grassland
- land where grass or grasslike vegetation grows and is the dominant form of plant life
- Graz
- an industrial city is southeastern Austria
- grazing land
- a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock
- Great Arabian Desert
- a desert on the Arabian Peninsula in southwestern Asia
- Great Australian Desert
- general name given to all desert areas in Australia
- Great Britain
- an island comprising England and Scotland and Wales
- great circle
- a circular line on the surface of a sphere formed by intersecting it with a plane passing through the center
- Great Divide
- that part of the continental divide formed by the Rocky Mountains in the United States
- Great Falls
- a town in central Montana on the Missouri river; a center of extensive hydroelectric power
- Great Indian Desert
- a desert to the east of the Indus River in northwestern India and southeastern Pakistan
- Great Lakes State
- a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
- Great Salt Desert
- a salt desert in north central Iran
- Great Sandy Desert
- a desert in southern Saudi Arabia
- Great Sandy Desert
- a desert region in northwestern Australia to the north of the Gibson Desert
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park
- a national park in Tennessee and North Carolina that includes the highest mountain in the eastern United States
- Great Victoria Desert
- a desert region in south central Australia to the north of the Nullarbor Plain
- Great White Way
- a street in Manhattan that passes through Times Square; famous for its theaters
- Greater Antilles
- a group of islands in the western West Indies
- Greater New York
- the largest city in New York State and in the United States; located in southeastern New York at the mouth of the Hudson river; a major financial and cultural center
- Greater Sunda Islands
- a chain of islands including Borneo and Celebes and Java and Sumatra
- Greece
- ancient Greece; a country of city-states (especially Athens and Sparta) that reached its peak in the fifth century BCE
- Green Bay
- a city of eastern Wisconsin on an arm of Lake Michigan
- Green Line
- the border marking the boundaries of the land that Israel won in its 1948 war of independence
- Green Mountain State
- a state in New England
- green
- an area of closely cropped grass surrounding the hole on a golf course
- greenbelt
- a belt of parks or rural land surrounding a town or city
- Greensboro
- a city of north central North Carolina
- Greenville
- a city in eastern North Carolina; tobacco market
- Greenville
- a town in western Mississippi on the Mississippi River to the north of Vicksburg
- Greenville
- a town in northwest South Carolina in the Piedmont
- Greenwich
- a borough of Greater London on the Thames; zero degrees of longitude runs through Greenwich; time is measured relative to Greenwich Mean Time
- Greenwich Meridian
- the meridian passing through Greenwich; was internationally adopted as the earth's zero of longitude in 1884
- Greenwich Village
- a mainly residential district of Manhattan; `the Village' became a home for many writers and artists in the 20th century
- Grenada
- an island state in the West Indies in the southeastern Caribbean Sea; an independent state within the British Commonwealth
- Grenoble
- a city in southeastern France on the Isere River
- ground
- a position to be won or defended in battle (or as if in battle)
- ground zero
- the point of detonation (or above or below) of a nuclear weapon
- ground zero
- the site of the World Trade Center before it was destroyed
- ground zero
- the target of a projectile (as a bomb or missile)
- grounds
- a tract of land cleared for some special purposes (recreation or burial etc.)
- Groznyy
- the capital of Chechnya in southwestern Russia; center of extensive oil fields
- Guadalajara
- a city in southwestern Mexico; a popular health resort and site of architecture from the Spanish colonial era
- Guadalcanal
- a mountainous island; the largest of the Solomon Islands in the independent state that is a member of the British Commonwealth
- Guadalupe Island
- a Mexican island in the Pacific to the west of Baja California
- Guadalupe Mountains National Park
- a national park in Texas that has the highest point in Texas; includes desert wilderness and the ancient Apache hunting grounds
- Guadeloupe
- an island territory of France located in the eastern West Indies; tourism is the major industry
- Guallatiri
- the world's highest volcano; in the Andes in northern Chile; last erupted in 1959
- Guam
- the largest and southernmost island in the Marianas which is administered as a territory of the United States; it was ceded by Spain to the United States in 1898
- Guangdong province
- a province in southern China
- Guangzhou
- a city on the Zhu Jiang delta in southern China; the capital of Guangdong province and a major deep-water port
- Guantanamo
- a city in southeastern Cuba; site of a United States naval base
- Guayaquil
- the largest city of Ecuador
- Guiana
- a geographical region of northeastern South America including Guyana and Surinam
- Guiana Highlands
- a mountainous tableland in northern South America; extends from Venezuela into Guyana and northern Brazil
- Gujerat
- an industrialized state in western India that includes parts of Bombay
- Gulf States
- the countries in southwestern Asia that border the Persian Gulf
- Gulf States
- a region of the United States comprising states bordering the Gulf of Mexico; Alabama and Florida and Louisiana and Mississippi and Texas
- Gulu
- a city in northern Uganda
- habitat
- the type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs
- habitation
- the native habitat or home of an animal or plant
- Hadrian's Wall
- an ancient Roman wall built by Hadrian in the 2nd century; marked the northern boundary of the Roman Empire in Britain
- Hagerstown
- a town in northern Maryland
- Haifa
- a major port in northwestern Israel
- Haiphong
- a port city in northern Vietnam; industrial center
- Haitian capital
- the capital and largest city of Haiti
- Haleakala National Park
- a national park in Hawaii including a dormant volcano
- half-mast
- a position some distance below the top of a mast to which a flag is lowered in mourning or to signal distress
- Halicarnassus
- an ancient Greek city on the southwestern coast of Asia Minor in what is now Turkey; site of the mausoleum at Halicarnassus
- Halifax
- provincial capital and largest city of Nova Scotia
- Halle-an-der-Saale
- a city in the Saxony region of Germany on the Saale River; a member of the Hanseatic League during the 13th and 14th centuries
- Hamburg
- a port city in northern Germany on the Elbe River that was founded by Charlemagne in the 9th century and is today the largest port in Germany; in 1241 it formed an alliance with Lubeck that became the basis for the Hanseatic League
- Hamelin
- a town in northern Germany (near Hanover) that is famous as the setting for the legend of the Pied Piper
- Hamilton
- a port city in southeastern Ontario at the western end of Lake Ontario
- Hamilton
- the capital of Bermuda
- hamlet
- a settlement smaller than a town
- Hampshire
- a county of southern England on the English Channel
- hand
- a position given by its location to the side of an object
- hangout
- a frequently visited place
- Hangzhou
- a city of eastern China on Hangzhou Bay; regarded by Marco Polo as the finest city in the world
- Hannibal
- a town in northeast Missouri on the Mississippi River; boyhood home of Mark Twain
- Hannover
- a port city in northwestern Germany; formerly a member of the Hanseatic League
- harbor
- a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo
- harborage
- (nautical) a place of refuge (as for a ship)
- Hargeisa
- a city in northwestern Somalia
- Harlem
- a district of Manhattan; now largely a Black ghetto
- Harlem River
- a channel separating Manhattan from the Bronx
- Harley Street
- a street in central London where the consulting rooms of many physicians and surgeons are located
- Harper's Ferry
- a small town in northeastern West Virginia that was the site of a raid in 1859 by the abolitionist John Brown and his followers who captured an arsenal that was located there
- Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
- an Arab kingdom in southwestern Asia on the Red Sea
- Hastings
- a town in East Sussex just to the south of the place where the battle of Hastings took place
- hatchery
- a place where eggs are hatched under artificial conditions (especially fish eggs)
- Hatteras Island
- a barrier island running parallel to the North Carolina shore
- Hattiesburg
- a town in southeast Mississippi
- Haute-Normandie
- a division of Normandy
- Hawaii Island
- the largest and southernmost of the Hawaii islands; has several volcanic peaks
- Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
- a national park in Hawaii featuring active volcanoes
- Hawaiian Islands
- a group of volcanic and coral islands in the central Pacific
- Hawkeye State
- a state in midwestern United States
- hayfield
- a field where grass or alfalfa are grown to be made into hay
- Hays
- a town in central Kansas
- head
- the top of something
- headwater
- the source of a river
- heartland
- the central region of a country or continent; especially a region that is important to a country or to a culture
- heath
- a tract of level wasteland; uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation
- Hebei province
- a populous province in northeastern China
- Hebridean Islands
- a group of more than 500 islands off the western coast of Scotland
- Hedjaz
- a coastal region of the western Arabian Peninsula bordering on the Red Sea; includes both Mecca and Medina; formerly an independent kingdom until it united with Nejd to form the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- heights
- a high place
- heliopause
- the boundary marking the edge of the sun's influence; the boundary (roughly 100 AU from the sun) between the interplanetary medium and the interstellar medium; where the solar wind from the sun and the radiation from other stars meet
- heliosphere
- the region inside the heliopause containing the sun and solar system
- Hell's Half Acre
- a district in Manhattan formerly noted for its slums and vice
- hell
- any place of pain and turmoil
- Hellenic Republic
- a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil
- Helvetia
- the Latin name for Switzerland
- hemisphere
- half of the terrestrial globe
- hemline
- the line formed by the lower edge of a skirt or coat
- Herat
- a city in northwestern Afghanistan on the site of several ancient cities
- Herculaneum
- ancient city; now destroyed
- here
- the present location; this place
- Hermosillo
- a city in northwestern Mexico near the Gulf of California
- Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza
- a city in south central Mexico (southeast of Mexico City) on the edge of central Mexican plateau
- heronry
- a breeding ground for herons; a heron rookery
- Hershey
- an industrial town to the east of Harrisburg
- Hertfordshire
- a county in southern England
- Hibbing
- a town in northeastern Minnesota in the Mesabi Range
- hiding place
- a place suitable for hiding something (such as yourself)
- high country
- an area lying above the piedmont but below the timberline
- high-water mark
- a line marking the highest level reached
- Highlands of Scotland
- a mountainous region of northern Scotland famous for its rugged beauty; known for the style of dress (the kilt and tartan) and the clan system (now in disuse)
- Hilo
- a town in Hawaii on the island of Hawaii
- Hindustan
- northern region of India where Hinduism predominates
- hipline
- the line formed by the lower edge of hip-length garment
- hipline
- the line formed by measuring the hip at its greatest part
- Hippo Regius
- an ancient Numidian town in northwestern Africa adjoining present-day Annaba in northeastern Algeria
- Hiroshima
- a port city on the southwestern coast of Honshu in Japan; on August 6, 1945 Hiroshima was almost completely destroyed by the first atomic bomb dropped on a populated area
- Hispaniola
- an island in the West Indies
- Ho Chi Minh City
- a city in South Vietnam; formerly (as Saigon) it was the capital of French Indochina
- Hobart
- a port and state capital of Tasmania
- Hohenlinden
- a town in Bavaria (near Munich)
- Hohhot
- a northern industrial city of China to the northwest of Beijing
- Hokkaido
- the second largest of the four main islands of Japan; to the north of Honshu
- holding pattern
- the flight path (usually circular) maintained by an aircraft that is awaiting permission to land
- hole-in-the-wall
- a small unpretentious out-of-the-way place
- holiday resort
- a hotel located in a resort area
- Hollywood
- a district of Los Angeles long associated with the American film industry
- holy
- a sacred place of pilgrimage
- home
- place where something began and flourished
- home
- the country or state or city where you live
- home away from home
- a place where you are just as comfortable and content as if you were home
- Home Counties
- the English counties surrounding London into which Greater London has expanded
- home port
- the port from which a ship originates of where it is registered
- home range
- the area in which an animal normally ranges
- home
- where you live at a particular time
- hometown
- the town (or city) where you grew up or where you have your principal residence
- Homyel
- industrial city of Belarus to the southeast of Minsk
- Honduran capital
- the capital and largest city of Honduras
- honeymoon resort
- a resort that caters to newlyweds
- Hong Kong
- formerly a Crown Colony on the coast of southern China in Guangdong province; leased by China to Britain in 1842 and returned in 1997; one of the world's leading commercial centers
- Honiara
- national capital of Solomon Islands
- Honshu
- the central and largest of the four main islands of Japan; between the Sea of Japan and the Pacific Ocean; regarded as the Japanese mainland
- Hoosier State
- a state in midwestern United States
- horizon
- a specific layer or stratum of soil or subsoil in a vertical cross section of land
- horse latitude
- either of two belts or regions near 30 degrees north or 30 degrees south; characterized by calms and light-baffling winds
- hot spot
- a point of relatively intense heat or radiation
- Hot Springs
- a town in west central Arkansas; a health resort noted for thermal springs
- Hot Springs National Park
- a national park in Arkansas featuring ancient hot springs; bathing is said to have therapeutic effects
- Houghton
- a town in northwest Michigan on the Upper Peninsula
- hour angle
- the angular distance along the celestial equator from the observer's meridian to the hour circle of a given celestial body
- hour circle
- a great circle on the celestial sphere that passes through both celestial poles
- House of Islam
- areas where Muslims are in the majority
- House of War
- areas where Muslims are in the minority and are persecuted
- house
- (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided
- Houses of Parliament
- the building in which the House of Commons and the House of Lords meet
- housing development
- a residential area of similar dwellings built by property developers and usually under a single management
- housing estate
- a residential area where the houses were all planned and built at the same time
- housing project
- a housing development that is publicly funded and administered for low-income families
- Houston
- the largest city in Texas; located in southeastern Texas near the Gulf of Mexico; site of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Huainaputina
- an inactive volcano in the Andes in southern Peru; last erupted in 1783
- hub
- a center of activity or interest or commerce or transportation; a focal point around which events revolve
- Hunan province
- a province in southeastern central China between the Nan Ling mountains and the Chang Jiang; noted for its timber and valuable mineral resources
- hunting ground
- an area in which game is hunted
- Huntington
- a city of western West Virginia on the Ohio river at the mouth of the Kanawha
- Huntsville
- a city in northern Alabama; center for space research
- Hyderabad
- a city in south central India in Andhra Pradesh
- Hyderabad
- a city in southern Pakistan on the Indus River
- Ibadan
- a large Yoruba city in southwestern Nigeria; site of a university
- Iberia
- an ancient geographical region to the south of the Caucasus Mountains that corresponded approximately to the present-day Georgia
- Iberian Peninsula
- a peninsula in southwestern Europe
- Iceland
- a volcanic island in the North Atlantic near the Arctic Circle
- Idaho Falls
- a town in southeastern Idaho on the Snake River
- Ile-de-France
- a region of north central France including Paris and the area around it
- Ile-St-Louis
- island in Paris on the Seine
- Ilium
- an ancient city in Asia Minor that was the site of the Trojan War
- Illyria
- an uncertain region on the east shore of the Adriatic where an ancient Indo-European people once lived
- Independence
- a city in western Missouri; the beginning of the Santa Fe Trail
- Independent State of Papua New Guinea
- a parliamentary democracy on the eastern half of the island of New Guinea; in 1975 it became an independent state within the Commonwealth of Nations
- Independent State of Samoa
- a constitutional monarchy on the western part of the islands of Samoa in the South Pacific
- Indian reservation
- a reservation set aside for the use of Indians
- Indochinese peninsula
- a peninsula of southeastern Asia that includes Myanmar and Cambodia and Laos and Malaysia and Thailand and Vietnam
- Indonesian Borneo
- the part of Indonesia on the southern side of the island of Borneo
- industrial park
- a tract of land at a distance from city center that is designed for a cluster of businesses and factories
- inner city
- the older and more populated and (usually) poorer central section of a city
- Inner Hebrides
- islands between the Outer Hebrides and the western coast of Scotland
- Inner Mongolia
- an autonomous region of northeastern China that was annexed by the Manchu rulers in 1635 and became an integral part of China in 1911
- Innsbruck
- city in southwestern Austria; known as a summer and winter resort
- inside
- the inner or enclosed surface of something
- inside
- the region that is inside of something
- intergalactic space
- the space between galaxies
- Interlaken
- a popular resort town in the Alps in west central Switzerland
- International Date Line
- an imaginary line on the surface of the earth following (approximately) the 180th meridian
- interplanetary space
- the part of outer space within the solar system
- interstellar space
- the space between stars
- Ionia
- region of western Asia Minor colonized by ancient Greeks
- ionosphere
- the outer region of the Earth's atmosphere; contains a high concentration of free electrons
- Iranian capital
- the capital and largest city of Iran; located in northern Iran
- Iraqi Kurdistan
- the part of Kurdistan that is in northwestern Iraq
- irredenta
- a region that is related ethnically or historically to one country but is controlled politically by another
- isarithm
- a line drawn on a map connecting points having the same numerical value of some variable
- Ischia
- a volcanic island (part of Campania) in the Tyrrhenian Sea at the north end of the Bay of Naples
- Islamic Republic of Iran
- a theocratic Islamic republic in the Middle East in western Asia; Iran was the core of the ancient empire that was known as Persia until 1935; rich in oil
- Islamic Republic of Mauritania
- a country in northwestern Africa with a provisional military government; achieved independence from France in 1960; largely western Sahara Desert
- Islamic Republic of Pakistan
- a Muslim republic that occupies the heartland of ancient south Asian civilization in the Indus River valley; formerly part of India; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947
- Islamic State of Afghanistan
- a mountainous landlocked country in central Asia; bordered by Iran to the west and Russia to the north and Pakistan to the east and south
- island of Guernsey
- a Channel Island to the northwest of Jersey
- island of Jersey
- the largest of the Channel Islands
- Islay
- an island of western Scotland at the southern end of the Inner Hebrides
- Isle of Man
- one of the British Isles in the Irish Sea
- Isle of Skye
- an island of northwestern Scotland noted for its rugged mountain scenery
- Isle Royal National Park
- a national park on an island in Michigan; includes prehistoric iron mines
- Isles of Scilly
- an archipelago of small islands off the southwestern coast of England near the entrance to the English Channel; formerly a haven for smugglers and pirates
- isobar
- (meteorology)an isogram connecting points having equal barometric pressure at a given time
- isochrone
- an isogram connecting points at which something occurs or arrives at the same time
- isoclinal
- an isogram connecting points of equal magnetic inclination
- isogonal line
- an imaginary line connecting points on the Earth's surface where the magnetic declination is the same
- isohel
- an isogram connecting points receiving equal amounts of sunshine
- isotherm
- (meteorology) an isogram connecting points having the same temperature at a given time
- Israel
- an ancient kingdom of the Hebrew tribes at the southeastern end of the Mediterranean Sea; founded by Saul around 1025 BC and destroyed by the Assyrians in 721 BC
- Italian Peninsula
- a boot-shaped peninsula in southern Europe extending into the Mediterranean Sea
- Italian region
- Italy is divided into 20 regions for administrative purposes
- Italian Republic
- a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD
- Ithaca
- a college town in central New York on Lake Cayuga
- Ithaki
- a Greek island to the west of Greece; in Homeric legend Odysseus was its king
- itinerary
- an established line of travel or access
- Iwo Jima
- the largest of the Volcano Islands of Japan
- Jackson
- a town in south central Michigan
- Jackson
- a town in western Wyoming
- Jackson
- a town in western Tennessee
- Jacksonville
- Florida's largest city; a port and important commercial center in northeastern Florida
- Jalalabad
- a town in eastern Afghanistan (east of Kabul)
- Jamaica
- an island in the West Indies to the south of Cuba and to the west of Haiti
- Jamaica
- a country on the island of Jamaica; became independent of England in 1962; much poverty; the major industry is tourism
- Jamestown
- a former village on the James River in Virginia to the north of Norfolk; site of the first permanent English settlement in America in 1607
- Jammu and Kashmir
- an area in southwestern Asia whose sovereignty is disputed between Pakistan and India
- Japanese Archipelago
- a string of more than 3,000 islands to the east of Asia extending 1,300 miles between the Sea of Japan and the western Pacific Ocean
- Java
- an island in Indonesia to the south of Borneo; one of the world's most densely populated regions
- Jed'dah
- port city in western Saudi Arabia on the Red Sea; near Mecca
- Jerez de la Frontera
- a city in southwestern Spain that is famous for making sherry
- Jericho
- a village in Palestine near the north end of the Dead Sea; in the Old Testament it was the first place taken by the Israelites under Joshua as they entered the Promised Land
- Jersey City
- a city in northeastern New Jersey (opposite Manhattan)
- Jinja
- a city in Uganda on the north shore of Lake Victoria
- Joao Pessoa
- a city in northeastern Brazil near the Atlantic Ocean to the north of Recife
- Johannesburg
- city in the northeastern part of South Africa near Pretoria; commercial center for diamond and gold industries
- Johnson City
- a town in northeastern Tennessee
- Johore
- sultanate and one of the 13 states that constitute the Federation of Malaysia
- Jonesboro
- a town in northeast Arkansas
- Joppa
- a port in western Israel on the Mediterranean; incorporated into Tel Aviv in 1950
- Jubbulpore
- an industrial city of central India to the southeast of Delhi
- Judaea
- the southern part of ancient Palestine succeeding the kingdom of Judah; a Roman province at the time of Christ
- Judah
- an ancient kingdom of southern Palestine with Jerusalem as its center
- jumping-off place
- a place from which an enterprise or expedition is launched
- jungle
- a location marked by an intense competition and struggle for survival
- junkyard
- a field where junk is collected and stored for resale
- jurisdiction
- in law; the territory within which power can be exercised
- justiciary
- the jurisdiction of a justiciar
- juxtaposition
- a side-by-side position
- Jylland
- peninsula in northern Europe that forms the continental part of Denmark and a northern part of Germany
- Kahoolawe Island
- an island of south-central Hawaii
- Kalaallit Nunaat
- the largest island in the world; lies between the North Atlantic and the Arctic Ocean; a self-governing province of Denmark
- Kalahari Desert
- a desert in southwestern Africa - largely Botswana
- Kalamazoo
- a town in southwest Michigan
- Kalimantan
- 3rd largest island in the world; in the western Pacific to the north of Java; largely covered by dense jungle and rain forest; part of the Malay Archipelago
- Kaluga
- a city of central Russia to the south of Moscow
- Kamchatka Peninsula
- a peninsula in eastern Siberia; between Bering Sea and Sea of Okhotsk
- Kanara
- a historical region of southwestern India on the west coast
- Kandy
- a city of central Sri Lanka that was the last capital of the ancient kings of Ceylon; a resort and religious center
- Kansas City
- a city of northeast Kansas on the Missouri River adjacent to Kansas City, Missouri
- Kansas City
- a city in western Missouri situated at the confluence of the Kansas River and the Missouri River; adjacent to Kansas City, Kansas
- Karachi
- the largest city in Pakistan; located in southeastern Pakistan; an industrial center and seaport on the Arabian Sea; former capital of Pakistan
- Karelia
- a region in Finland and Russia between the Gulf of Finland and the White Sea
- Karl-Marx-Stadt
- a city in east central Germany; formerly called Karl-Marx-Stadt until 1990; noted for textile manufacturing
- Karnataka
- state in southern India; formerly Mysore
- Katar Peninsula
- a peninsula extending northward from the Arabian mainland into the Persian Gulf
- Katmai National Park
- a national park in Alaska featuring mountains
- Katowice
- an industrial city of southern Poland
- Katsina
- a city in northern Nigeria; a major center of the Hausa people
- Kauai Island
- an island of Hawaii to the northwest of Oahu
- Kaunas
- a city in central Lithuania
- Kazan
- an industrial city in the European part of Russia
- Kedah
- sultanate and one of the 13 states that constitute the Federation of Malaysia
- Kelantan
- sultanate and one of the 13 states that constitute the Federation of Malaysia
- Kenai Fjords National Park
- a national park in Alaska having mountains and whale watching and ancient Indian copper mines
- Kennedy International Airport
- a large airport on Long Island to the east of New York City
- Kennelly-Heaviside layer
- a region of the ionosphere (from 50 to 90 miles up) that reflects radio waves of medium length
- Kennewick
- a town in southern Washington on the Columbia River
- Kent
- a county in southeastern England on the English Channel; formerly an Anglo-Saxon kingdom, it was the first to be colonized by the Romans
- Kerbala
- a city of central Iraq to the south of Baghdad; a holy city for Shiite Muslims because it is the site of the tomb of Mohammed's grandson who was killed there in 680
- Key West
- a town on the westernmost of the Florida keys in the Gulf of Mexico
- key
- (basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court
- Keystone State
- a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
- Khabarovsk
- an administrative territory in Russia on the eastern coast of Siberia
- Khabarovsk
- a city on the Amur River on the border of China and the capital of Khabarovsk
- khanate
- the realm of a khan
- Kharkov
- a city in northeastern Ukraine; former capital of the Ukraine
- Khios
- an island in the Aegean Sea off the west coast of Turkey; belongs to Greece
- Kikladhes
- a group of over 200 islands in the southern Aegean
- kill zone
- an area where a battle has occurred with many fatalities
- killing field
- (usually plural) an area where many people have died (usually by massacre or genocide during war or violent civil disturbance)
- Kimberley
- city in central South Africa; center for diamond mining and diamond marketing
- kingdom
- a country with a king as head of state
- Kingdom of Belgium
- a monarchy in northwestern Europe; headquarters for the European Union and for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
- Kingdom of Bhutan
- a landlocked principality in the Himalayas to the northeast of India
- Kingdom of Cambodia
- a nation in southeastern Asia; was part of Indochina under French rule until 1946
- Kingdom of Denmark
- a constitutional monarchy in northern Europe; consists of the mainland of Jutland and many islands between the North Sea and the Baltic Sea
- Kingdom of God
- the spiritual domain over which God is sovereign
- Kingdom of Lesotho
- a landlocked constitutional monarchy in southern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1966
- Kingdom of Morocco
- a kingdom (constitutional monarchy) in northwestern Africa with a largely Muslim population; achieved independence from France in 1956
- Kingdom of Nepal
- a small landlocked Asian country high in the Himalayas between India and China
- Kingdom of Norway
- a constitutional monarchy in northern Europe on the western side of the Scandinavian Peninsula; achieved independence from Sweden in 1905
- Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- an absolute monarchy occupying most of the Arabian Peninsula in southwest Asia; vast oil reserves dominate the economy
- Kingdom of Spain
- a parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; a former colonial power
- Kingdom of Swaziland
- a landlocked monarchy in southeastern Africa; member of the commonwealth that achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1968
- Kingdom of Sweden
- a Scandinavian kingdom in the eastern part of the Scandinavian Peninsula
- Kingdom of Thailand
- a country of southeastern Asia that extends southward along the Isthmus of Kra to the Malay Peninsula
- Kingdom of The Netherlands
- a constitutional monarchy in western Europe on the North Sea; half the country lies below sea level
- Kingdom of Tonga
- a monarchy on a Polynesian archipelago in the South Pacific; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1970
- kingdom
- the domain ruled by a king or queen
- Kings Canyon National Park
- a national park in California that has giant sequoia trees and alpine lakes and glaciers
- Kingston
- a town in southeast Ontario on Lake Ontario near the head of the Saint Lawrence River
- Kingston
- a town on the Hudson River in New York
- Kingston-upon Hull
- a large fishing port in northeastern England
- Kingstown
- the capital of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; on Saint Vincent
- Kirkuk
- a city in northeastern Iraq; the center of a rich oilfield with pipelines to the Mediterranean
- Kisumu
- a port city in western Kenya on the northeastern shore of Lake Victoria; fishing and trading center
- Kitakyushu
- a Japanese city on northern Kyushu
- Klaipeda
- a city in western Lithuania on the Baltic Sea; formerly an important trading town of the Hanseatic League
- Klamath Falls
- a town in southern Oregon near the California border
- Klondike
- a region in northwestern Canada where gold was discovered in 1896 but exhausted by 1910
- Klyuchevskaya
- an inactive volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula; last erupted in 1946
- Knoxville
- a city in eastern Tennessee on the Tennessee River
- Kobe
- a port city in Japan on Osaka Bay in southern Honshu; was damaged by an earthquake in 1995
- Kobuk Valley National Park
- a national park in Alaska having mountains and forests and tundra and sand dunes and archeological sites
- Kola Peninsula
- a peninsula in northwestern Russia projecting eastward between the Barents Sea and the White Sea
- Kolonia
- capital of Micronesia
- Kordofan
- a mountainous province of central Sudan
- Korinthos
- the modern Greek port near the site of the ancient city that was second only to Athens
- Kosovo
- a Serbian province in southern Serbia and Montenegro populated predominantly by Albanians
- kraal
- a village of huts for native Africans in southern Africa; usually surrounded by a stockade
- Krakatau
- a small volcanic island in Indonesia between Java and Sumatra; its violent eruption in 1883 was the greatest in recorded history
- Krakau
- an industrial city in southern Poland on the Vistula
- Kriti
- the largest Greek island in the Mediterranean; site of the Minoan civilization that reached its peak in 1600 BC
- Kuala Lumpur
- the largest city and former capital of Malaysia until 2005
- Kumasi
- a city in southern Ghana
- Kurdistan
- an extensive geographical region in the Middle East to the south of the Caucasus
- Kursk
- a city of southwestern Russia
- Kwajalein
- an atoll in the western Marshall Islands that was used as a Japanese air and naval base during World War II
- Kwangju
- city in southwestern South Korea; an important military base during the Korean War
- KwaZulu-Natal
- a region of eastern South Africa on the Indian Ocean
- Kyoto
- a city in central Japan on southern Honshu; a famous cultural center that was once the capital of Japan
- Kyrgyz Republic
- a landlocked republic in west central Asia bordering on northwestern China; formerly an Asian soviet but became independent in 1991
- Kyushu
- the southernmost of the four main islands of Japan; contains coal fields
- Kyzyl Kum
- a desert in Uzbekistan to the southeast of the Aral Sea
- La Crosse
- a town in western Wisconsin on the Mississippi River
- La Spezia
- a port city in Liguria on an arm of the Ligurian Sea; a major seaport and year-round resort
- laboratory
- a region resembling a laboratory inasmuch as it offers opportunities for observation and practice and experimentation
- Labrador
- the mainland part of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador in the eastern part of the large Labrador-Ungava Peninsula in northeastern Canada
- Laconia
- an ancient region of southern Greece in the southeastern Peloponnesus; dominated by Sparta
- Lafayette
- a university town in west central Indiana on the Wabash River
- Lafayette
- a town in south central Louisiana; settled by Acadians
- Lagos
- chief port and economic center of Nigeria; located in southwestern Nigeria on the Gulf of Guinea; former capital of Nigeria
- Lahore
- city in northeast Pakistan
- Lake Clark National Park
- a national park in Alaska having Eskimo and Athapaskan archeological sites
- Lake District
- a popular tourist area in northwestern England including England's largest lake and highest mountain
- Lanai Island
- an island of central Hawaii; a pineapple-growing area
- Lancashire
- a historical area of northwestern England on the Irish Sea; noted for textiles
- Lancaster
- a city in northwestern England
- Lanchow
- the capital city of the Chinese province of Gansu on the Yellow River
- Land of Enchantment
- a state in southwestern United States on the Mexican border
- Land of Lincoln
- a midwestern state in north-central United States
- Land of Opportunity
- a state in south central United States; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War
- land site
- the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located)
- Lander
- a town in central Wyoming
- landmark
- the position of a prominent or well-known object in a particular landscape
- landscape
- an expanse of scenery that can be seen in a single view
- Languedoc-Roussillon
- a region in south central France; named after the medieval dialect of French that was spoken there
- Lao People's Democratic Republic
- a mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern Asia; achieved independence from France in 1949
- Laotian capital
- the capital and largest city of Laos
- Lappland
- a region in northmost Europe inhabited by Lapps
- Laramie
- a university town in southeast Wyoming
- Laredo
- a city in southern Texas on the Rio Grande
- Las Cruces
- a town in southern New Mexico on the Rio Grande
- Las Vegas
- largest city in Nevada; located in southeastern Nevada; originally settled by Mormons but is now famous for entertainment and gambling and general excess
- Lascar
- a volcano in the Andes in Chile
- Lassen Volcanic National Park
- a national park in California having mountains and volcanic lakes and hot springs
- Last Frontier
- a state in northwestern North America; the 49th state admitted to the union
- Lateran
- the site in Rome containing the church of Rome and the Lateran Palace
- Latin America
- the parts of North America and South America to the south of the United States where Romance languages are spoken
- Latin Quarter
- the region of Paris on the southern bank of the Seine; a center of artistic and student life
- latitude
- the angular distance between an imaginary line around a heavenly body parallel to its equator and the equator itself
- latitude
- an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator
- Latium
- an ancient region of west central Italy (southeast of Rome) on the Tyrrhenian Sea
- launching site
- a place for launching pads
- Laurentian Highlands
- a large plateau that occupies more than 40% of the land area of Canada; it extends from the Great Lakes northward to the Arctic Ocean
- Lausanne
- a city in western Switzerland; cultural and commercial center
- lawn
- a field of cultivated and mowed grass
- Lawrence
- a town in northeastern Kansas on the Kansas River; scene of raids by John Brown in 1856
- Lawton
- a town in southwest Oklahoma
- layer
- a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another
- Le Havre
- a port city in northern France on the English Channel at the mouth of the Seine
- lead
- (baseball) the position taken by a base runner preparing to advance to the next base
- Lebanese Republic
- an Asian republic at east end of Mediterranean
- lee
- the side of something that is sheltered from the wind
- Leeds
- a city on the River Aire in West Yorkshire in northern England; a center of the clothing industry
- Leeward Islands
- a group of islands in the eastern West Indies
- left
- location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
- left stage
- the part of the stage on the actor's left as the actor faces the audience
- Leicester
- an industrial city in Leicestershire in central England; built on the site of a Roman settlement
- Leicestershire
- a largely agricultural county in central England
- Leipzig
- a city in southeastern Germany famous for fairs; formerly a music and publishing center
- Lentia
- city in northern Austria on the Danube; noted as a cultural center
- Leo the Lion
- the fifth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about July 23 to August 22
- Leon
- a city in central Mexico
- Leon
- a city in northwestern Spain at the foot of the Cantabrian Mountains
- Leon
- a historical area and former kingdom in northwestern Spain
- Leopoldville
- the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the Congo river opposite Brazzaville
- Lesser Antilles
- a group of islands in the southeastern West Indies
- Lesser Sunda Islands
- a chain of islands forming a province of Indonesia to the east of Java; includes Bali and Timor
- Levant
- the former name for the geographical area of the eastern Mediterranean that is now occupied by Lebanon, Syria, and Israel
- Lewiston
- a town in northwestern Idaho
- Lewiston
- a town in southwestern Maine to the north of Portland
- Lexington
- town in eastern Massachusetts near Boston where the first battle of the American Revolution was fought
- Lexington
- a city in eastern Kentucky; noted for raising thoroughbred horses
- Leyden
- a city in the western Netherlands; residence of the Pilgrim Fathers for 11 years before they sailed for America in 1620
- Libra the Balance
- the seventh sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about September 23 to October 22
- Libyan Desert
- the northeastern part of the Sahara Desert in Libya and Egypt and Sudan
- lie
- position or manner in which something is situated
- Liege
- city in eastern Belgium; largest French-speaking city in Belgium
- Liepaja
- a city of southwestern Latvia on the Baltic Sea
- light
- an illuminated area
- Liguria
- region of northwestern Italy on the Ligurian Sea
- Lille
- an industrial city in northern France near the Belgian border; was the medieval capital of Flanders
- limb
- (astronomy) the circumferential edge of the apparent disc of the sun or the moon or a planet
- Limeira
- a city of southeastern Brazil (northwest of Sao Paulo)
- Limerick
- port city in southwestern Ireland
- limit
- as far as something can go
- Limnos
- a Greek island in the northern Aegean Sea; famous for a reddish-brown clay that has medicinal properties
- Limousin
- a region of central France to the west of the Auvergne mountains
- Lincolnshire
- an agricultural county of eastern England on the North Sea
- Lindesnes
- a cape at the southern tip of Norway
- line
- a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent
- line
- in games or sports; a mark indicating positions or bounds of the playing area
- line
- a fortified position (especially one marking the most forward position of troops)
- line of battle
- a line formed by troops or ships prepared to deliver or receive an attack
- Line of Control
- a 450-mile line that is supposed to indicate the boundary between the part of Kashmir controlled by India and the part controlled by Pakistan
- line of fire
- the path of a missile discharged from a firearm
- line of flight
- the path along which a freely moving object travels through the air
- line of longitude
- an imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the north and south poles at right angles to the equator
- line of march
- the route along which a column advances
- line of scrimmage
- line parallel to the goal lines where football linesmen line up at the start of each play in American football
- line of sight
- an imaginary straight line along which an observer looks
- lineation
- the line that appears to bound an object
- litoral
- the region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean
- Little Rhody
- a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies; the smallest state
- Liverpool
- a large city in northwestern England; its port is the country's major outlet for industrial exports
- Livonia
- a region on the Baltic that is divided between northern Estonia and southern Latvia
- Ljubljana
- the capital of Slovenia
- loading area
- a stop where carriers can be loaded and unloaded
- Lobito
- a seaport on the Atlantic coast of Angola
- locale
- the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting)
- locality
- a surrounding or nearby region
- locus
- the specific site of a particular gene on its chromosome
- locus of infection
- the specific site in the body where an infection originates
- Lodz
- a large city of central Poland
- Lofoten
- a string of islands off the northwestern coast of Norway in the Norwegian Sea
- Logrono
- a city in northern Spain on the Ebro River
- Lombard Street
- a street in central London containing many of the major London banks
- Lombardia
- a region of north central Italy bordering Switzerland
- Lone-Star State
- the second largest state; located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of Mexico
- Long Beach
- a city in southern California located on 8.5 miles of Pacific beachfront; was a resort until oil was discovered in 1921
- Long Island
- an island in southeastern New York; Brooklyn and Queens are on its western end
- longitude
- the angular distance between a point on any meridian and the prime meridian at Greenwich
- lookout
- an elevated post affording a wide view
- Los Alamos
- a town in north central New Mexico; in 1942 it was chosen as a nuclear research site where the first atomic bombs were produced
- lot
- a parcel of land having fixed boundaries
- Lothian Region
- a district in southeast central Scotland (south side of the Firth of Forth) and the location of Edinburgh
- Lothringen
- an eastern French region rich in iron-ore deposits
- Louisiana Purchase
- territory in the western United States purchased from France in 1803 for $15 million; extends from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains and from the Gulf of Mexico to Canada
- Louisville
- the largest city in Kentucky; located in north central Kentucky on the Ohio river; site of the Kentucky Derby
- Low Countries
- the lowland region of western Europe on the North Sea: Belgium and Luxembourg and the Netherlands
- low-water mark
- a line marking the lowest level reached
- Lower Egypt
- one of the two main administrative districts of Egypt; consists of the Nile delta
- lower limit
- the limit on the lower (or southernmost) side of something
- Lower Saxony
- a state in northwestern Germany
- Lowlands of Scotland
- the southern part of Scotland that is not mountainous
- loxodrome
- a line on a sphere that cuts all meridians at the same angle; the path taken by a ship or plane that maintains a constant compass direction
- Lubavitch
- a town in Belarus that was the center of the Chabad movement for a brief period during the 19th century
- Lubbock
- a city in northwest Texas to the south of Amarillo
- Lubeck
- a city in northwestern Germany and an important Baltic port; a leading member of the Hanseatic League
- Lublin
- an industrial city of eastern Poland
- Lucknow
- a city in northern India in Uttar Pradesh; during the Indian Mutiny its British residents were besieged by Indian insurgents
- Lufkin
- a town in eastern Texas
- Luluabourg
- a city in southwestern Congo; former name (until 1966) was Luluabourg
- lunar latitude
- an imaginary line around the moon parallel to its equator
- Lund
- a city in southern Sweden
- Luoyang
- a city in east central China; the capital of ancient China during several dynasties
- lurking place
- a place suitable for lurking
- Lusitania
- ancient region and Roman province on the Iberian Peninsula; corresponds roughly to modern Portugal and parts of Spain
- Luta
- an industrial conurbation in northeastern China on the southern end of the Liaodong Peninsula; it now includes the cities of Dalian and Lushun
- Luzon
- the main island of the Philippines
- Lycia
- an ancient region on the coast of southwest Asia Minor
- Lydia
- an ancient region on the coast of western Asia Minor; a powerful kingdom until conquered by the Persians in 546 BC
- Lynchburg
- a city in central Virginia
- Lyonnais
- a former province of east central France; now administered by Rhone-Alpes
- Lyons
- a city in east-central France on the Rhone River; a principal producer of silk and rayon
- Maarianhamina
- a town that is the chief port of the Aland islands
- Macau
- a former Portuguese province on the south coast of China and two islands in the South China Sea; reverted to China in 1999
- Macedonia
- landlocked republic on the Balkan Peninsula; achieved independence from Yugoslavia in 1991
- Machu Picchu
- Inca fortress city in the Andes in Peru discovered in 1911; it may have been built in the 15th century
- Macon
- a city in central Georgia to the southeast of Atlanta
- Madagascar
- an island in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa; the 4th largest island in the world
- Madeira
- an island in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa; the largest of the Madeira Islands
- Madeira Islands
- a group of volcanic islands in the Atlantic Ocean to the west of Morocco; the group forms an autonomous region of Portugal
- magnetic meridian
- an imaginary line passing through both magnetic poles of the Earth
- magnetic pole
- either of two points where the lines of force of the Earth's magnetic field are vertical
- Magnolia State
- a state in the Deep South on the gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate States during the American Civil War
- Maharashtra
- a state in west-central India
- Mahgrib
- the region of northwest Africa comprising the Atlas Mountains and the coastlands of Morocco and Algeria and Tunisia
- mailing address
- the address where a person or organization can be communicated with
- Main Street
- any small town (or the people who inhabit it); generally used to represent parochialism and materialism (after a novel by Sinclair Lewis)
- Majorca
- the largest of the Balearic Islands
- Makedonija
- the ancient kingdom of Philip II and Alexander the Great in the southeastern Balkans that is now divided among modern Macedonia and Greece and Bulgaria
- Malabo
- the capital and largest city of Equatorial Guinea on the island of Bioko in the Gulf of Guinea
- Malacca
- the third smallest Malaysian state; located in the southern region of the Malay Peninsula
- Malaga
- a port city and resort in Andalusia in southern Spain on the Mediterranean
- Malay Archipelago
- a group of islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans between Asia and Australia
- Malay Peninsula
- a peninsula in southeastern Asia occupied by parts of Malaysia and Thailand and Myanmar
- Malaysian state
- one of the several states constituting Malaysia
- Maldive Islands
- a group of about 1,200 small coral islands (about 220 inhabited) in the Indian ocean
- Male
- the capital of Maldives in the center of the islands
- Malmo
- a port in southern Sweden
- Malta
- a strategically located island to the south of Sicily in the Mediterranean Sea
- Mammoth Cave National Park
- a national park in Kentucky having a large cavern and an underground river
- Manchester
- a city in northwestern England (30 miles to the east of Liverpool); heart of the most densely populated area of England
- Manchester
- largest city in New Hampshire; located in southeastern New Hampshire on the Merrimack river
- Manchuria
- a region in northeastern China
- Mandalay
- a city in central Myanmar to the north of Rangoon
- mandate
- a territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and put under the tutelage of some other European power until they are able to stand by themselves
- Manhattan
- one of the five boroughs of New York City
- Manhattan Island
- an island at the north end of New York Bay where the borough of Manhattan is located
- Manipur
- state in northeastern India
- Manitoba
- one of the three prairie provinces in central Canada
- Mankato
- a town in southern Minnesota
- Mannheim
- a city in southwestern Germany at the confluence of the Rhine and Neckar rivers
- Mansfield
- a town in north central Ohio
- Maracaibo
- a port city in northwestern Venezuela; a major oil center
- Maracay
- a city in north central Venezuela; cattle center
- Marches
- a region in central Italy
- Mariana Islands
- a chain of coral and volcanic islands in Micronesia (including Guam and the Northern Marianas) halfway between New Guinea and Japan; discovered by Magellan in 1521
- market cross
- a cross-shaped monument set up in the marketplace of a town where public business is often conducted
- market town
- a (usually small) town where a public market is held at stated times
- Marquesas Islands
- a group of volcanic islands in the south central Pacific; part of French Polynesia
- Marquette
- a town on Lake Superior on the Upper Peninsula in northwest Michigan
- Marrakesh
- a city in western Morocco; tourist center
- Marseilles
- a port city in southeastern France on the Mediterranean
- Marshall Islands
- a group of coral islands in eastern Micronesia
- Marston Moor
- a former moor in northern England
- Martha's Vineyard
- an island summer resort off of Cape Cod
- Martinique
- an island in the eastern Caribbean in the Windward Islands; administered as an overseas region of France
- Maryland
- one of the British colonies that formed the United States
- Mashhad
- the holy city of Shiite Muslims; located in northeastern Iran
- Mashriq
- Arabic name for the Middle East
- Mason and Dixon's line
- the boundary between Maryland and Pennsylvania; symbolic dividing line between North and South before the American Civil War
- Mason City
- a town in north central Iowa
- Massachusetts
- a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies
- Massachusetts Bay Colony
- one of the British colonies that formed the United States
- Massawa
- a port town in Eritrea on an inlet of the Red Sea
- Matamoros
- a city in northeastern Mexico opposite Brownsville near the mouth of the Rio Grande
- Maui Island
- the second largest of the Hawaiian Islands
- Mauna Kea
- an active volcano on north central Hawaii Island; highest peak in the Hawaiian Islands
- Mauna Loa
- an active volcano on south central Hawaii Island
- Mauritius
- an island in the southwestern Indian Ocean
- Mawlamyine
- a port city of southern Myanmar on the Gulf of Martaban
- maximum
- the point on a curve where the tangent changes from positive on the left to negative on the right
- Mayenne
- a department of northwestern France in the Pays de la Loire region
- Mazar-i-Sharif
- a city in northern Afghanistan
- Mazatlan
- a port city in western Mexico on the Pacific Ocean; tourist center
- Mbeya
- a city in southwestern Tanzania
- McAlester
- a town in southeastern Oklahoma
- McAllen
- a town in southern Texas on the Rio Grande
- mecca
- a place that attracts many visitors
- Mecca
- joint capital (with Riyadh) of Saudi Arabia; located in western Saudi Arabia; as the birthplace of Muhammad it is the holiest city of Islam
- Medan
- a city in Indonesia; located in northeastern Sumatra
- Medellin
- city in western Colombia; important coffee center
- Medford
- a town in southwestern Oregon; a summer resort
- Medford
- town in northeastern Massachusetts; residential suburb of Boston
- medical center
- the part of a city where medical facilities are centered
- medina
- the ancient quarter of many cities in northern Africa
- medium
- the surrounding environment
- megalopolis
- a very large urban complex (usually involving several cities and towns)
- Melanesia
- the islands in the southwestern part of Oceania
- Melbourne
- the capital of Victoria state and 2nd largest Australian city; a financial and commercial center
- Melbourne
- a resort town in east central Florida
- melting pot
- an environment in which many ideas and races are socially assimilated
- Memphis
- an ancient city of Egypt on the Nile (south of Cairo)
- Memphis
- largest city of Tennessee; located in southwestern Tennessee on bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River
- Merida
- the capital of the Mexican state of Yucatan
- Meridian
- a town in eastern Mississippi
- Mesa
- a city in Arizona just to the east of Phoenix; originally a suburb of Phoenix
- Mesa Verde National Park
- a national park in Colorado containing prehistoric cliff dwellings; semiarid landscape
- Mesoamerica
- Mexico and Central America
- Mesopotamia
- the land between the Tigris and Euphrates; site of several ancient civilizations; part of what is now known as Iraq
- Messina
- a port city in northeastern Sicily on the Strait of Messina
- meteorological observation post
- one of a network of observation posts where meteorological data is recorded
- Mexicali
- a city in northwestern Mexico near the California border
- Miami
- a city and resort in southeastern Florida on Biscayne Bay; the best known city in Florida; a haven for retirees and a refuge for Cubans fleeing Castro
- Miami Beach
- a city in southeastern Florida on an island between Biscayne Bay and the Atlantic Ocean; known for fashionable resort hotels
- Micronesia
- the islands in the northwestern part of Oceania
- Mid-Atlantic states
- a region of the eastern United States comprising New York and New Jersey and Pennsylvania and Delaware and Maryland
- midair
- some point in the air; above ground level
- Middle East
- the area around the eastern Mediterranean; from Turkey to northern Africa and eastward to Iran; the site of such ancient civilizations as Phoenicia and Babylon and Egypt and the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity and Islam; had continuous economic and political turmoil in the 20th century
- midfield
- (sports) the middle part of a playing field (as in football or lacrosse)
- Midi
- the southern part of France
- Midi-Pyrenees
- a region in southwestern France
- midland
- the interior part of a country
- Midland
- a town in west central Texas
- midst
- the location of something surrounded by other things
- midway
- the place at a fair or carnival where sideshows and similar amusements are located
- Midway Islands
- an atoll in the Hawaiian Islands some 1300 miles to the northwest of Honolulu; site of an important United States naval base
- midwestern United States
- the north central region of the United States (sometimes called the heartland or the breadbasket of America)
- Milano
- the capital of Lombardy in northern Italy; has been an international center of trade and industry since the Middle Ages
- military position
- a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons
- Milwaukee
- largest city of Wisconsin; located in southeastern Wisconsin on the western shore of Lake Michigan; a flourishing agricultural center known for its breweries
- Mindanao
- the second largest island of the Philippines at the southern end of the archipelago; mountainous and volcanic
- Mindoro
- a mountainous island in the central Philippines
- mine field
- a tract of land containing explosive mines
- minefield
- a region in which explosives mines have been placed
- minimum
- the point on a curve where the tangent changes from negative on the left to positive on the right
- Minneapolis
- largest city in Minnesota; located in southeastern Minnesota on the Mississippi river; noted for flour mills; one of the Twin Cities
- Missoula
- a university town in western Montana
- Mobile
- a port in southwestern Alabama on Mobile Bay
- Mohave Desert
- a desert area in southern California and western Arizona
- Moline
- a town in northwest Illinois on the Mississippi River
- Molise
- a region of south central Italy
- Molokai Island
- an island of central Hawaii (between Maui and Oahu)
- Molotov
- a city in the European part of Russia
- Mombasa
- a port city in southern Kenya on a coral island in a bay of the Indian Ocean
- Monaco-Ville
- the capital of Monaco
- Mongolia
- a vast region in Asia including the Mongolian People's Republic and China's Inner Mongolia
- Mongolian People's Republic
- a landlocked socialist republic in central Asia
- Monroe
- a town of southeast Michigan on Lake Erie
- Monroe
- a town in north central Louisiana
- Monte Carlo
- a town and popular resort in the principality of Monaco; famous for its gambling casino
- Montego Bay
- port and resort city in northwestern Jamaica
- Montenegro
- a former country bordering on the Adriatic Sea; now part of the Union of Serbia and Montenegro
- Monterey
- a town in western California to the south of San Francisco on a peninsula at the southern end of Monterey Bay
- Monterrey
- an industrial city in northeastern Mexico
- Montmartre
- the highest point in Paris; famous for its associations with many artists
- Montreal
- a city in southern Quebec province on the Saint Lawrence River; the largest city in Quebec and 2nd largest in Canada; the 2nd largest French-speaking city in the world
- Montserrat
- a volcanic island in the Caribbean; in the West Indies
- monument
- an important site that is marked and preserved as public property
- Moravia
- a region in the central and eastern part of the Czech Republic; it lies to the east of Bohemia and to the west of the Carpathians
- Morgan City
- a town in southeast Louisiana to the south of Baton Rouge
- Morgantown
- a city in northern West Virginia on the Monongahela river near the Pennsylvania border; site of the University of West Virginia
- Moron
- a city in Argentina, to the west of Buenos Aires
- Morristown
- a town in northern New Jersey where the Continental Army spent two winters
- Mosul
- a city in northern Iraq on the Tigris across from the ruins of Nineveh
- Motor City
- the largest city in Michigan and a major Great Lakes port; center of the United States automobile industry; located in southeastern Michigan on the Detroit river across from Windsor
- Mount Asama
- a volcano in central Honshu near Nagano; one of the largest volcanoes in Japan (8,340 feet)
- Mount Athos
- an autonomous area in northeastern Greece that is the site of several Greek Orthodox monasteries founded in the tenth century
- Mount Etna
- an inactive volcano in Sicily; last erupted in 1961; the highest volcano in Europe (10,500 feet)
- Mount Pinatubo
- a volcano on Luzon to the northwest of Manila; erupted in 1991 after 600 years of dormancy
- Mount Rainier National Park
- a national park in Washington having mountain terrain featuring glaciers and alpine lakes and streams and swamps
- Mount Rushmore State
- a state in north central United States
- Mount Saint Helens
- an active volcano in the Cascade Range in southwestern Washington; erupted violently in 1980 after 123 years of inactivity
- Mount Vernon
- the former residence of George Washington in northeastern Virginia overlooking the Potomac river
- Mount Vesuvius
- a volcano in southwestern Italy on the Mediterranean coast; a Plinian eruption in 79 AD buried Pompeii and killed Pliny the Elder; last erupted in 1944
- Mountain State
- a state in east central United States
- mud flat
- a tract of low muddy land near an estuary; covered at high tide and exposed at low tide
- Muenchen
- the capital and largest city of Bavaria in southwestern Germany
- Mull
- an island in western Scotland in the Inner Hebrides
- Mumbai
- a city in western India just off the coast of the Arabian Sea; India's 2nd largest city (after Calcutta); has the only natural deep-water harbor in western India
- Muncie
- a town in east central Indiana
- municipality
- an urban district having corporate status and powers of self-government
- Murmansk
- a port city in northwestern Russia on the Kola Peninsula; the largest city to the north of the Arctic Circle; an important supply line to Russia in World War I and World War II
- Muscovy
- a Russian principality in the 13th to 16th centuries; Moscow was the capital
- Muskogee
- a town in eastern Oklahoma on the Arkansas River
- Mwanza
- a city in northern Tanzania on Lake Victoria
- Mycenae
- an ancient city is southern Greece; center of the Mycenaean civilization during the late Bronze Age
- Mysore
- a city in southern India to the southwest of Bangalore
- Mytilene
- an island of eastern Greece in the eastern Aegean Sea; in antiquity it was famous for lyric poetry
- Nablus
- an ancient city in the West Bank to the north of Jerusalem; the home of Jacob in biblical times
- nadir
- the point below the observer that is directly opposite the zenith on the imaginary sphere against which celestial bodies appear to be projected
- Nag Hammadi
- a town in Upper Egypt
- Nagano
- a city in central Honshu to the northwest of Tokyo; site of a Buddhist shrine
- Nagasaki
- a city in southern Japan on Kyushu; a leading port and shipbuilding center; on August 9, 1945 Nagasaki became the second populated area to receive an atomic bomb
- Nagoya
- an industrial city in southern Honshu
- Naha City
- the chief city in the Ryukyu Islands
- Nakuru
- a city in western Kenya; commercial center of an agricultural region
- Nalchik
- a city in southwestern Russia in a valley of the Caucasus Mountains; an industrial center and health resort
- Namib Desert
- a desert in Namibia extending along the coast between the high plateau and the Atlantic Ocean
- Nampa
- a town in southwestern Idaho
- Namur
- a city in south central Belgium situated on a promontory between the Meuse River and the Sambre River; the site of intense fighting in World War I and World War II
- Nan-chang
- a walled city in southeastern China on the Gan Jiang
- Nan-ning
- an industrial city in southern China
- Nanaimo
- a town in southwestern British Columbia on Vancouver Island to the west of Vancouver
- Nancy
- a city in northeastern France in Lorraine
- Nanking
- a city in eastern China on the Yangtze River; a former capital of China; the scene of a Japanese massacre in the 1930s
- Nantes
- a port city in western France on the Loire estuary
- Nantucket
- an island resort off Cape Cod; formerly a center of the whaling industry
- Napoli
- a port and tourist center in southwestern Italy; capital of the Campania region
- narco-state
- an area that has been taken over and is controlled and corrupted by drug cartels and where law enforcement is effectively nonexistent
- Naseby
- a village in western Northamptonshire
- Natal
- a port city in northeastern Brazil
- Natchez
- a town in southwest Mississippi on the Mississippi River
- national capital
- the capital city of a nation
- national park
- a tract of land declared by the national government to be public property
- Nationalist China
- a government on the island of Taiwan established in 1949 by Chiang Kai-shek after the conquest of mainland China by the Communists led by Mao Zedong
- navel
- the center point or middle of something
- Nazareth
- a historic town in northern Israel that is mentioned in the Gospels as the home of Joseph and Mary
- Negara Brunei Darussalam
- a sultanate in northwestern Borneo; became independent of Great Britain in 1984
- Negeri Sembilan
- one of the 13 states that constitute the Federation of Malaysia; located on the western coast of Peninsular Malaysia
- Negev Desert
- a desert in southern Israel
- neighborhood
- an area within a city or town that has some distinctive features (especially one forming a community)
- Nejd
- a central plateau region of the Arabian Peninsula; formerly an independent sultanate until 1932 when it united with Hejaz to form the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- Nemea
- a valley in southeastern Greece where the Nemean Games were held
- nerve center
- a center that provides information and control
- nest
- a cosy or secluded retreat
- nesting place
- a place suitable for nesting
- Netherlands Antilles
- a group of islands in the Lesser Antilles just to the north of Venezuela that are administered by The Netherlands
- Nevado de Colima
- an active volcano in southwestern Mexico
- Never-Never
- the remote outback of Australia; unpopulated desert country
- Nevis
- one of the islands of Saint Christopher-Nevis
- New Amsterdam
- a settlement established by the Dutch near the mouth of Hudson River and the southern end of Manhattan Island; annexed by the English in 1664 and renamed New York
- New Britain
- the largest island in the Bismarck Archipelago; part of Papua New Guinea
- New Brunswick
- a province in southeastern Canada
- New Brunswick
- a university town in central New Jersey
- New Caledonia
- an island to the to the east of Australia and to the north of New Zealand
- New Delhi
- a city in north central India
- New England
- a region of northeastern United States comprising Maine and New Hampshire and Vermont and Massachusetts and Rhode Island and Connecticut
- New Forest
- an area of woods and heathland in southern Hampshire that was set aside by William I as Crown property in 1079; originally a royal hunting ground but now administered as parkland; noted for its ponies
- New Guinea
- a Pacific island to the north of Australia; the 2nd largest island in the world; the western part is governed by Indonesia and the eastern part is Papua New Guinea
- New Hampshire
- one of the British colonies that formed the United States
- New Haven
- a city in southwestern Connecticut; site of Yale University
- New Ireland
- an island in the Bismarck Archipelago; part of Papua New Guinea
- New Jersey
- one of the British colonies that formed the United States
- New London
- a town in southeastern Connecticut near Long Island Sound; an important whaling center in the 19th century
- New Netherland
- a Dutch colony in North America along the Hudson and lower Delaware rivers although the colony centered in New Amsterdam; annexed by the English in 1664
- New Orleans
- a port and largest city in Louisiana; located in southeastern Louisiana near the mouth of the Mississippi river; a major center for offshore drilling for oil in the Gulf of Mexico; jazz originated here among black musicians in the late 19th century; Mardi Gras is celebrated here each year
- New Siberian Islands
- a group of islands in the Arctic Ocean to the north of Siberia and to the east of the Laptev Sea
- New South Wales
- an Australian state in southeastern Australia
- new town
- a planned urban community created in a rural or undeveloped area and designed to be self-sufficient with its own housing and education and commerce and recreation
- New World
- the hemisphere that includes North America and South America
- New York
- one of the British colonies that formed the United States
- New York State
- a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
- New York State Barge Canal
- a system of canals crossing New York State and connecting the Great Lakes with the Hudson River and Lake Champlain
- New Zealand
- an independent country within the British Commonwealth; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1907; known for sheep and spectacular scenery
- New Zealand Islands
- North Island and South Island and adjacent small islands in the South Pacific
- Newark
- the largest city in New Jersey; located in northeastern New Jersey
- Newburgh
- a town on the Hudson River in New York; in 1782 and 1783 it was George Washington's headquarters
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne
- a port city in northeastern England on the River Tyne; a center for coal exports (giving rise to the expression `carry coals to Newcastle' meaning to do something unnecessary)
- Newfoundland
- an island in the north Atlantic
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- a Canadian province on the island of Newfoundland and on the mainland along the coast of the Labrador Sea; became Canada's 10th province in 1949
- Newport
- a port city in southeastern Wales
- Newport
- a resort city in southeastern Rhode Island; known for the summer homes of millionaires; important yachting center
- Newport News
- a port city in southeastern Virginia at the mouth of the James River off Hampton Roads; large shipyards
- Niagara Falls
- a city in western New York State at the falls of the Niagara river; tourist attraction and honeymoon resort
- Nicaea
- an ancient city in Bithynia; founded in the 4th century BC and flourished under the Romans; the Nicene Creed was adopted there in 325
- Nice
- a city in southeastern France on the Mediterranean; the leading resort on the French Riviera
- Nihau Island
- the most northwestern Hawaiian island (beyond Kauai)
- Nijmegen
- an industrial city in the eastern Netherlands
- Nilgiri Hills
- hills in southern India
- Nineveh
- an ancient Assyrian city on the Tigris across from the modern city of Mosul in the northern part of what is now known as Iraq
- Nippon
- a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building
- Nizhnyi Novgorod
- an industrial city in the European part of Russia; birthplace of Maksim Gorky
- no man's land
- an unoccupied area between the front lines of opposing armies
- no-go area
- an area that is dangerous or impossible to enter or to which entry is forbidden
- no-parking zone
- a space where automobiles are not allowed to park
- Nob Hill
- a fashionable neighborhood in San Francisco
- node
- (astronomy) a point where an orbit crosses a plane
- node
- (physics) the point of minimum displacement in a periodic system
- Nogales
- a town in northern Mexico on the border of Arizona
- Nogales
- a town in Arizona on the Mexican border opposite Nogales, Mexico
- nombril
- the center point on a shield
- Nome
- a town in western Alaska on the southern coast of the Seward Peninsula; an important center of an Alaskan gold rush at the beginning of the 20th century
- nook
- a sheltered and secluded place
- Nord-Pas-de-Calais
- a region in northeastern France
- Norfolk
- port city located in southeastern Virginia on the Elizabeth River at the mouth of Chesapeake Bay; headquarters of the Atlantic fleet of the United States Navy
- Norfolk Island
- an island territory of Australia in the Pacific Ocean off the eastern coast of Australia; formerly a British penal colony
- Normandie
- a former province of northwestern France on the English channel; divided into Haute-Normandie and Basse-Normandie
- north
- a location in the northern part of a country, region, or city
- North
- the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line
- North Africa
- an area of northern Africa between the Sahara and the Mediterranean Sea
- North American country
- any country on the North American continent
- North Borneo
- one of the 13 states that constitute the Federation of Malaysia; located on the northern portion of the island of Borneo
- North Carolina
- one of the British colonies that formed the United States
- North Cascades National Park
- a national park in Washington that is an alpine wilderness area featuring gold rush and logging campsites
- north celestial pole
- the celestial pole above the northern hemisphere; near Polaris
- North Frigid Zone
- the regions to the north of the Arctic Circle centered on the North Pole
- North Island
- the smaller but more populous of two main islands of New Zealand; separated from South Island by Cook Strait
- North Platte
- a town in west central Nebraska on the Platte River
- North Pole
- the northernmost point of the Earth's axis
- north side
- the side that is on the north
- North Star State
- a midwestern state
- North Temperate Zone
- Temperate Zone between the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Cancer
- North Vietnam
- a former country in southeastern Asia that existed from 1954 (after the defeat of the French at Dien Bien Phu) until 1975 when South Vietnam collapsed at the end of the Vietnam War
- North Yorkshire
- a county in northern England
- north-south direction
- in a direction parallel with lines of longitude
- Northampton
- the principal city of Northamptonshire
- Northamptonshire
- a county is central England
- northeast
- a location in the northeastern part of a country, region, or city
- northeastern United States
- the northeastern region of the United States
- northern Europe
- the northernmost countries of Europe
- northern hemisphere
- the hemisphere that is to the north of the equator
- Northern Ireland
- a division of the United Kingdom located on the northern part of the island of Ireland
- Northern Mariana Islands
- a self-governing territory comprising all of the Mariana Islands except Guam
- Northern Territory
- a territory in north central Australia
- northland
- any region lying in or toward the north
- Northumberland
- the northernmost county of England; has many Roman remains (including Hadrian's Wall)
- Northumbria
- an Anglo-Saxon kingdom in northern England until 876
- northwest
- a location in the northwestern part of a country, region, or city
- Northwest Passage
- a water route between the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean along the northern coast of North America; Europeans since the 16th century had searched for a short route to the Far East before it was successfully traversed by Roald Amundsen (1903-1906)
- Northwest Territories
- a large territory in northwestern Canada; part is now Nunavut
- northwestern United States
- the northwestern region of the United States
- Nouakchott
- capital of Mauritania; located in western Mauritania near the Atlantic coast
- Nova Lisboa
- a city in the mountains in western Angola
- Nova Scotia
- the Canadian province in the Maritimes consisting of the Nova Scotia peninsula and Cape Breton Island; French settlers who called the area Acadia were exiled to Louisiana by the British in the 1750s and their descendants are know as Cajuns
- Nova Scotia
- a peninsula in eastern Canada between the Bay of Fundy and the Saint Lawrence River
- Novaya Zemlya
- two islands in the Arctic Ocean belonging to Russia; site of a test center for nuclear warheads
- Novgorod
- a city in northwestern Russia on the Volkhov River; Russia's oldest city and an important trading center in the Middle Ages
- Novosibirsk
- a city in the Asian part of Russia on the Ob river; largest city in Siberia
- Nubia
- an ancient region of northeastern Africa (southern Egypt and northern Sudan) on the Nile; much of Nubia is now under Lake Nasser
- Nubian Desert
- an arid sandstone plateau in northeastern Sudan between the Nile and the Red Sea
- Nullarbor Plain
- a vast arid plain of southern Australia stretching inland from the Great Australian Bight; has sparse vegetation and no surface water and is almost uninhabited; the site of a major rocket research center
- Numidia
- an ancient kingdom (later a Roman province) in North Africa in an area corresponding roughly to present-day Algeria
- Nunavut
- an Arctic territory in northern Canada created in 1999 and governed solely by the Inuit; includes the eastern part of what was the Northwest Territories and most of the islands of the Arctic Archipelago
- Nuremberg
- a city in southeastern Germany; site of Allied trials of Nazi war criminals (1945-46)
- Nyala
- city in Sudan
- Nyamuragira
- an active volcano in eastern Congo
- Nyiragongo
- an active volcano in eastern Congo
- Oahu Island
- an island of central Hawaii (between Molokai and Kauai); the chief island of the state
- Oakland
- a city in western California on San Francisco Bay opposite San Francisco; primarily and industrial urban center
- oasis
- a fertile tract in a desert (where the water table approaches the surface)
- Oaxaca de Juarez
- a city of southeastern Mexico
- observer's meridian
- a meridian that passes through the observer's zenith
- Occident
- the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America
- Oceanica
- a large group of islands in the south Pacific including Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia (and sometimes Australasia and the Malay Archipelago)
- Odessa
- a port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea
- Odessa
- a city in western Texas
- off-Broadway
- low-budget theaters located outside the Broadway area in Manhattan
- Ogden
- a town in northern Utah settled by Mormons
- oilfield
- a region rich in petroleum deposits (especially one with producing oil wells)
- Okinawa
- the largest island of the central Ryukyu Islands
- old country
- the country of origin of an immigrant
- Old Dominion State
- a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War
- Old Line State
- a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
- Old North State
- a state in southeastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies
- Old South
- the South of the United States before the American Civil War
- Old World
- the regions of the world that were known to Europeans before the discovery of the Americas
- Olympia
- a plain in Greece in the northwestern Peloponnese; the chief sanctuary of Zeus and the site of the original Olympian Games
- Olympic National Park
- a national park in Washington having rain forests of giant evergreens
- Omaha
- largest city in Nebraska; located in eastern Nebraska on the Missouri river; a major transportation center of the Midwest
- Omdurman
- a city of Sudan; located in the central Sudan on the White Nile opposite Khartoum
- Omiya
- a city of east central Honshu; a suburb of Tokyo
- Omsk
- a city in the Asian part of Russia
- Ontario
- a prosperous and industrialized province in central Canada
- open
- where the air is unconfined
- Oporto
- port city in northwest Portugal; noted for port wine
- Oran
- a port city in northwestern Algeria and the country's 2nd largest city
- Orange Free State
- a province in central South Africa that was colonized by the Boers; named Free State in 1997
- Orient
- the countries of Asia
- Orissa
- state in eastern India on the Bay of Bengal
- Orizaba
- a city of east central Mexico (west of Veracruz); a popular resort
- Orkney Islands
- an archipelago of about 70 islands in the North Atlantic and North Sea off the northeastern coast of Scotland
- Orlando
- a city in central Florida; site of Walt Disney World
- Orleanais
- a former province of north central France; centered around Orleans
- Orleans
- a city on the Loire river in north central France; site of the siege of Orleans by the English (1428-1429)
- Orly
- a southeastern suburb of Paris; site of an international airport serving Paris
- Orono
- a university town in east central Maine on the Penobscot River to the north of Bangor
- orphan site
- a toxic waste area where the polluter could not be identified or the polluter refused to take action or pay for the cleanup
- Orumiyeh
- a city on the western side of Lake Urmia in northwestern Iran
- Osaka
- port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay; a commercial and industrial center of Japan
- Osasco
- a city in southeastern Brazil; suburb of Sao Paulo
- Ostrava
- an industrial city in northwestern Czech Republic in the Moravian lowlands; located in the coal mining area of Silesia
- Ottumwa
- a town in southeast Iowa
- Oujda
- a city in northeastern Morocco near the Algerian border
- out of bounds
- a line that marks the side boundary of a playing field
- outback
- the bush country of the interior of Australia
- Outer Hebrides
- a 130-mile long archipelago to the northwest of Scotland
- outer space
- any location outside the Earth's atmosphere
- outport
- a subsidiary port built in deeper water than the original port (but usually farther from the center of trade)
- outpost
- a station in a remote or sparsely populated location
- outskirts
- outlying areas (as of a city or town)
- overlook
- a high place affording a good view
- Oviedo
- a city in northwestern Spain near the Cantabrian Mountains
- Owensboro
- a town in northwestern Kentucky on the Ohio River; a tobacco market
- Oxford
- a university town in northern Mississippi; home of William Faulkner
- Oxford
- a city in southern England to the northwest of London; site of Oxford University
- Pacific Northwest
- a region of the northwestern United States usually including Washington and Oregon and sometimes southwestern British Columbia
- paddy
- an irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown
- Paducah
- a town in western Kentucky on the Ohio River
- Pahang
- sultanate and one of the 13 states that constitute the Federation of Malaysia
- Painted Desert
- a desert on a high plateau in northeastern Arizona
- Palatinate
- a territory in southwestern Germany formerly ruled by the counts palatine
- palatinate
- a territory under the jurisdiction of a count palatine
- Palatine
- the most important of the Seven Hills of Rome; supposedly the location of the first settlement and the site of many imperial palaces
- Palau Islands
- a chain of more than 200 islands about 400 miles long in the western central Pacific Ocean
- Palermo
- the capital of Sicily; located in northwestern Sicily; an important port for 3000 years
- Palestine
- a former British mandate on the east coast of the Mediterranean; divided between Jordan and Israel in 1948
- Pall Mall
- a fashionable street in London noted for its many private clubs
- Palm Beach
- a resort town in southeast Florida on an island on the Atlantic coast
- Palmetto State
- a state in the Deep South; one of the original 13 colonies
- Palo Alto
- a university town in California
- pampas
- the vast grassy plains of northern Argentina
- Panama Canal Zone
- a zone consisting of a strip of land across the Isthmus of Panama that contains the Panama Canal
- Panama City
- a resort and fishing town on the Gulf of Mexico in northwest Florida
- Panamanian capital
- the capital and largest city of Panama
- Pango Pango
- a port in American Samoa
- panhandle
- a relatively narrow strip of land projecting from some larger area
- Papal States
- the temporal dominions belonging to the pope (especially in central Italy)
- Papeete
- the capital of French Polynesia on the northwestern coast of Tahiti
- paper round
- the route taken when delivering newspapers every day
- Papua
- the southeastern part of Papua New Guinea
- parade ground
- an area for holding parades
- parcel
- an extended area of land
- Paris
- a town in northeastern Texas
- parish
- the local subdivision of a diocese committed to one pastor
- Park Avenue
- a fashionable residential street in New York City
- park
- a large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property
- Parkersburg
- a city in northwestern West Virginia on the Ohio river
- parking space
- a space where an automobile can be parked
- part
- the extended spatial location of something
- Parthia
- an ancient kingdom in Asia to the southeast of the Caspian Sea; it dominated southwestern Asia from about 250 BC to AD 226
- parts
- the local environment
- Pasadena
- a city in southwestern California to the east of Los Angeles
- Passero Cape
- a cape that forms the southeastern corner of the island of Sicily
- Patagonia
- region in southern South America between the Andes and the South Atlantic
- Patagonian Desert
- a semiarid region in southern South America
- Patavium
- a city in Veneto
- patch
- a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation
- Paterson
- a city of northeastern New Jersey
- Patras
- a port city in western Greece in the northwestern Peloponnese on an inlet of the Ionian Sea; was a major trade center from the 5th century BC to the 3rd century BC; commercial importance revived during the Middle Ages
- patriarchate
- the jurisdiction of a patriarch
- Paumotu Archipelago
- a group of about 80 coral islands in French Polynesia
- Pays de la Loire
- an agricultural region of western France on the Bay of Biscay
- Peace Garden State
- a state of north central United States bordering on Canada
- Pearl Harbor
- a harbor on Oahu to the west of Honolulu; location of a United States naval base that was attacked by the Japanese on 7 Dec 1941
- Pelican State
- a state in southern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War
- Peloponnesian Peninsula
- the southern peninsula of Greece; dominated by Sparta until the 4th century BC
- Penang
- the second smallest Malaysian state; located on the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia
- penetralium
- the innermost parts
- Peninsular Malaysia
- the region of Malaysia on the Malay Peninsula; shares a land border with Thailand to the north
- Pennine Chain
- a system of hills in Britain that extend from the Scottish border in the north to the Trent River in the south; forms the watershed for English rivers
- Pennsylvania
- one of the British colonies that formed the United States
- Pensacola
- a town in extreme northwest Florida
- People's Republic of Bangladesh
- a Muslim republic in southern Asia bordered by India to the north and west and east and the Bay of Bengal to the south; formerly part of India and then part of Pakistan; it achieved independence in 1971
- People's Republic of China
- a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world
- Peoria
- a city in central Illinois on the Illinois River
- Perak
- sultanate and one of the 13 states that constitute the Federation of Malaysia
- perch
- an elevated place serving as a seat
- Pergamum
- an ancient Greek city located in the western part of what is now modern Turkey; the technique of preparing sheepskins as parchment was developed here
- periapsis
- (astronomy) the point in an orbit closest to the body being orbited
- perigee
- periapsis in Earth orbit; the point in its orbit where a satellite is nearest to the Earth
- perihelion
- periapsis in solar orbit; the point in the orbit of a planet or comet where it is nearest to the sun
- perijove
- periapsis in orbit around Jupiter
- perilune
- periapsis in orbit around the moon
- Perlis
- the smallest Malaysian state; located at the northern part of the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia
- Pernambuco
- a port city of northeastern Brazil on the Atlantic
- Persepolis
- an ancient city that was the capital of the ancient Persian Empire; now in ruins
- Persian Empire
- an empire in southern Asia created by Cyrus the Great in the 6th century BC and destroyed by Alexander the Great in the 4th century BC
- Perth
- the state capital of Western Australia
- Peshawar
- city in northern Pakistan at the eastern end of the Khyber Pass
- pesthole
- a breeding ground for epidemic disease
- Petersburg
- a town in southeastern Virginia (south of Richmond); scene of heavy fighting during the American Civil War
- Petrified Forest National Park
- a national park in Arizona having the world's largest collection of petrified coniferous trees
- Philippi
- a city in ancient Macedonia that was important in early Christianity
- Philippine Islands
- an archipelago in the southwestern Pacific including some 7000 islands
- Philippopolis
- an ancient city in southern Bulgaria; commercial center of an agricultural region
- Philistia
- an ancient region on the coast of southwestern Palestine that was strategically located on a trade route between Syria and Egypt; important in biblical times
- Phoenicia
- an ancient maritime country (a collection of city states) at eastern end of the Mediterranean
- Phrygia
- an ancient country in western and central Asia Minor
- piazza
- a public square with room for pedestrians
- Picardie
- a region of northern France on the English Channel
- picnic area
- a tract of land set aside for picnicking
- Pico de Orizaba
- an extinct volcano in southern Mexico between Mexico City and Veracruz; the highest peak in Mexico (18,695 feet)
- Piedmont
- the plateau between the coastal plain and the Appalachian Mountains: parts of Virginia and North and South Carolina and Georgia and Alabama
- Piemonte
- the region of northwestern Italy; includes the Po valley
- Pilsen
- a town in Czech Republic where Pilsner beer originated
- Pine Bluff
- a town in southeast central Arkansas on the Arkansas River
- Pine Tree State
- a state in New England
- pinnacle
- a lofty peak
- Pinsk
- a city of southwestern Belarus
- Pisa
- a city in Tuscany; site of the famous Leaning Tower
- Pisces the Fishes
- the twelfth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about February 19 to March 20
- pitch
- a vendor's position (especially on the sidewalk)
- pitch
- a sports field with predetermined dimensions for playing soccer
- Pittsburgh
- a city in southwestern Pennsylvania where the confluence of the Allegheny River and Monongahela River forms the Ohio River; long an important urban industrial area; site of Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh
- Pittsburgh of the South
- the largest city in Alabama; located in northeastern Alabama
- Pittsfield
- a town in western Massachusetts
- place
- a general vicinity
- place
- the particular portion of space occupied by something
- place
- any area set aside for a particular purpose
- place
- a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)
- place
- a point located with respect to surface features of some region
- plane section
- (geometry) the area created by a plane cutting through a solid
- planned community
- a residential district that is planned for a certain class of residents
- Plano
- a city in northeastern Texas (suburb of Dallas)
- Plataea
- a former town in Boeotia; site of a battle between the Greeks and Persians in 479 BC
- Platt National Park
- a national park in Oklahoma having mineral springs
- playground
- an area where many people go for recreation
- pleasance
- a pleasant and secluded part of a garden; usually attached to a mansion
- Pleasant Island
- a small island in the central Pacific Ocean 2,800 miles to the southwest of Hawaii; in Micronesia to the west of the Gilbert Islands
- Plimsoll line
- waterlines to show the level the water should reach when the ship is properly loaded
- Plymouth
- a town in Massachusetts founded by Pilgrims in 1620
- Plymouth Colony
- colony formed by the Pilgrims when they arrived at Plymouth Rock in 1620; it was absorbed into the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1691
- Plymouth Rock
- a boulder in Plymouth supposed to be where the Pilgrims disembarked from the Mayflower
- PO box number
- the number of a letter box at the post office where mail is collected
- Pocatello
- a university town in southeastern Idaho
- pocket borough
- a sparsely populated borough in which all or most of the land is owned by a single family
- point
- the precise location of something; a spatially limited location
- point of entry
- a port in the United States where customs officials are stationed to oversee the entry and exit of people and merchandise
- point source
- a concentrated source (especially of radiation or pollution) that is spatially constricted
- Poitou-Charentes
- a low-lying region of west central France on the Bay of Biscay
- polar circle
- a line of latitude at the north or south poles
- pole
- one of two antipodal points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects the Earth's surface
- pole position
- the most favorable position at the start of a race
- police precinct
- a precinct in which law enforcement is the responsibility of particular police force
- polling place
- a place where voters go to cast their votes in an election
- polls
- the place where people vote
- Polynesia
- the islands in the eastern part of Oceania
- Pompeii
- ancient city to the southeast of Naples that was buried by a volcanic eruption from Vesuvius
- Pontus
- an ancient region of northern Asia Minor on the Black Sea; it reached its height under Mithridates VI but was later incorporated into the Roman Empire
- pool
- something resembling a pool of liquid
- Poplar Bluff
- a town in southeast Missouri
- populated area
- a geographical area constituting a city or town
- port
- a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country
- Port Arthur
- a major port city in northeastern China on the Liaodong Peninsula; now a part of Luda
- Port Louis
- capital and chief port of Mauritius; located on the northwestern coast of the island
- port of call
- any port where a ship stops except its home port
- Port Sudan
- port city in Sudan on the Red Sea
- Portland
- largest city in Maine in the southwestern corner of the state
- Portland
- freshwater port and largest city in Oregon; located in northwestern Oregon on the Willamette River which divides the city into east and west sections; renowned for its beautiful natural setting among the mountains
- Portsmouth
- a port city in southeastern Virginia on the Elizabeth River opposite Norfolk; naval base; shipyards
- Portsmouth
- a port town in southeastern New Hampshire on the Atlantic Ocean
- Portsmouth
- a port city in southern England on the English Channel; Britain's major naval base
- Portuguese Republic
- a republic in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; Portuguese explorers and colonists in the 15th and 16th centuries created a vast overseas empire (including Brazil)
- position
- the appropriate or customary location
- possession
- a territory that is controlled by a ruling state
- post
- the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand
- Potomac
- term sometimes used to refer to Washington, D.C.
- Potsdam
- a city in northeastern Germany; site of the Potsdam Conference in the summer of 1945
- potter's field
- a cemetery for unknown or indigent people
- prairie
- a treeless grassy plain
- precinct
- a district of a city or town marked out for administrative purposes
- prefecture
- the district administered by a prefect (as in France or Japan or the Roman Empire)
- premises
- land and the buildings on it
- Prescott
- a town in central Arizona
- preserve
- a reservation where animals are protected
- pressure point
- any of several points on the body where the pulse can be felt and where pressure on an underlying artery will control bleeding from that artery at a more distal point
- Preussen
- a former kingdom in north-central Europe including present-day northern Germany and northern Poland
- pride of place
- the first or highest or most important or most ostentatious place
- prime meridian
- meridian at zero degree longitude from which east and west are reckoned (usually the Greenwich longitude in England)
- Prince Edward Island
- an island in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence; the smallest province of Canada
- princedom
- territory ruled by a prince
- Princeton
- a university town in central New Jersey
- Principality of Andorra
- a small republic in the eastern Pyrenees between Spain and France
- Principality of Liechtenstein
- a small landlocked principality (constitutional monarchy) in central Europe located in the Alps between Austria and Switzerland
- Principality of Monaco
- a constitutional monarchy in a tiny enclave on the French Riviera
- Principe
- an island in the Gulf of Guinea that is part of Sao Tome and Principe
- profile
- a vertical section of the Earth's crust showing the different horizons or layers
- profile
- an outline of something (especially a human face as seen from one side)
- Promised Land
- an ancient country in southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea; a place of pilgrimage for Christianity and Islam and Judaism
- property line
- the boundary line between two pieces of property
- Provence
- a former province of southeastern France; now administered with Cote d'Azur
- province
- the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
- provincial capital
- the capital city of a province
- Provo
- a city in north central Utah settled by Mormons
- proximity
- the region close around a person or thing
- public square
- an open area at the meeting of two or more streets
- pueblo
- a communal village built by Indians in the southwestern United States
- Pueblo
- a city in Colorado to the south of Colorado Springs
- Puerto Rico
- the smallest and easternmost of the Greater Antilles in the Caribbean
- Puglia
- a region in southeastern Italy on the Adriatic
- Punjab
- a historical region on northwestern India and northern Pakistan
- Punta Arenas
- a city in southern Chile on the Strait of Magellan; the southernmost city in the world
- Purace
- an inactive volcano in the Andes in southern Colombia; last erupted in 1950
- Pusan
- a city in southeastern South Korea on the Korean Strait; the chief port and second largest city
- Qandahar
- a city in southern Afghanistan; an important trading center
- qibla
- the direction of the Kaaba toward which Muslims turn for their daily prayers
- quadrant
- the area enclosed by two perpendicular radii of a circle
- quadrant
- any of the four areas into which a plane is divided by two orthogonal coordinate axes
- quadrant
- a quarter of the circumference of a circle
- Quai d'Orsay
- the street in Paris along the south bank of the Seine known for its governmental ministries
- quarter
- a district of a city having some distinguishing character
- Quebec
- the largest province of Canada; a French colony from 1663 to 1759 when it was lost to the British
- Quebec City
- the French-speaking capital of the province of Quebec; situated on the Saint Lawrence River
- Queen City
- the largest city in North Carolina; located in south central North Carolina
- Queen Maud Land
- a region of Antarctica between Enderby Land and the Weddell Sea; claimed by Norway
- Queens
- a borough of New York City
- Queensland
- a state in northeastern Australia
- Quezon City
- city on Luzon adjoining Manila
- Quintana Roo
- a Mexican state on the eastern side of the Yucatan Peninsula
- Qum
- a city in northwestern Iran; a place of pilgrimage for Shiite Muslims
- RA
- (astronomy) the equatorial coordinate specifying the angle, measured eastward along the celestial equator, from the vernal equinox to the intersection of the hour circle that passes through an object in the sky; usually expressed in hours and minutes and seconds; used with declination to specify positions on the celestial sphere
- rabbit warren
- an overcrowded residential area
- Racine
- a city in southeastern Wisconsin on Lake Michigan to the south of Milwaukee
- radius
- a circular region whose area is indicated by the length of its radius
- rain shadow
- an area that has little precipitation because some barrier causes the winds to lose their moisture before reaching it
- range
- a large tract of grassy open land on which livestock can graze
- range
- the limits within which something can be effective
- Rangoon
- the capital and largest city of Myanmar; located in the south near the Irrawaddy river delta
- Rapid City
- a town in southwestern South Dakota in the eastern part of the Black Hills
- Rawalpindi
- an ancient city in northeastern Pakistan; served as capital of Pakistan while Islamabad was being built
- Reading
- a city on the River Thames in Berkshire in southern England
- rearward
- direction toward the rear
- red line
- a line that is colored red and that bisects an ice hockey rink
- red-light district
- a district with many brothels
- Redding
- a town in north central California on the Sacramento River
- Redonda
- an island in Antigua and Barbuda
- Redwood National Park
- a national park in California featuring a redwood forest and Pacific Ocean coastline
- refuge
- a safe place
- Reggane
- a town in central Algeria
- Regina
- the provincial capital of Saskatchewan
- region
- a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth
- rendezvous
- a place where people meet
- Reno
- a city in western Nevada at the foot of the Sierra Nevada Mountains; known for gambling casinos and easy divorce and remarriage
- Republic of Albania
- a republic in southeastern Europe on the Adriatic coast of the Balkan Peninsula
- Republic of Angola
- a republic in southwestern Africa on the Atlantic Ocean; achieved independence from Portugal in 1975 and was the scene of civil war until 1990
- Republic of Armenia
- a landlocked republic in southwestern Asia; formerly an Asian soviet; modern Armenia is but a fragment of ancient Armenia which was one of the world's oldest civilizations; throughout 2500 years the Armenian people have been invaded and oppressed by their neighbors
- Republic of Austria
- a mountainous republic in central Europe; under the Habsburgs (1278-1918) Austria maintained control of the Holy Roman Empire and was a leader in European politics until the 19th century
- Republic of Belarus
- a landlocked republic in eastern Europe; formerly a European soviet
- Republic of Benin
- a country on western coast of Africa; formerly under French control
- Republic of Bolivia
- a landlocked republic in central South America; Simon Bolivar founded Bolivia in 1825 after winning independence from Spain
- Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- a mountainous republic of south-central Europe; formerly part of the Ottoman Empire and then a part of Yugoslavia; voted for independence in 1992 but the mostly Serbian army of Yugoslavia refused to accept the vote and began ethnic cleansing in order to rid Bosnia of its Croats and Muslims
- Republic of Botswana
- a landlocked republic in south-central Africa that became independent from British control in the 1960s
- Republic of Bulgaria
- a republic in the eastern part of the Balkan Peninsula in southeastern Europe
- Republic of Burundi
- a landlocked republic in east central Africa on the northeastern shore of Lake Tanganyika
- Republic of Cameroon
- a republic on the western coast of central Africa; was under French and British control until 1960
- Republic of Cape Verde
- an island country in the Atlantic off the coast of Senegal
- Republic of Chad
- a landlocked desert republic in north-central Africa; was under French control until 1960
- Republic of Chile
- a republic in southern South America on the western slopes of the Andes on the south Pacific coast
- Republic of Colombia
- a republic in northwestern South America with a coastline on the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea; achieved independence from Spain in 1821 under the leadership of Simon Bolivar; Spanish is the official language
- Republic of Costa Rica
- a republic in Central America; one of the most politically stable countries in Latin America
- Republic of Cote d'Ivoire
- a republic in western Africa on the Gulf of Guinea; one of the most prosperous and politically stable countries in Africa
- Republic of Croatia
- a republic in the western Balkans in south-central Europe in the eastern Adriatic coastal area; formerly part of the Habsburg monarchy and Yugoslavia; became independent in 1991
- Republic of Cuba
- a communist state in the Caribbean on the island of Cuba
- Republic of Cyprus
- a country on the island of Cyprus; 80% of the people are of Greek origin and 20% or Turkish origin
- Republic of Djibouti
- a country in northeastern Africa on the Somali peninsula; formerly under French control but became independent in 1997
- Republic of Ecuador
- a republic in northwestern South America; became independent from Spain in 1822; the landscape is dominated by the Andes
- Republic of El Salvador
- a republic on the Pacific coast of Central America
- Republic of Equatorial Guinea
- a country of west central Africa (including islands in the Gulf of Guinea); became independent from Spain in 1968
- Republic of Estonia
- a republic in northeastern Europe on the Baltic Sea
- Republic of Fiji
- an independent state within the British Commonwealth located on the Fiji Islands
- Republic of Finland
- republic in northern Europe; achieved independence from Russia in 1917
- Republic of Ghana
- a republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea
- Republic of Guatemala
- a republic in Central America; achieved independence from Spain in 1821; noted for low per capita income and illiteracy; politically unstable
- Republic of Guinea
- a republic in western Africa on the Atlantic; formerly a French colony; achieved independence from France in 1958
- Republic of Guinea-Bissau
- a republic on the northwestern coast of Africa; recognized as independent by Portugal in 1974
- Republic of Haiti
- a republic in the West Indies on the western part of the island of Hispaniola; achieved independence from France in 1804; the poorest and most illiterate nation in the western hemisphere
- Republic of Honduras
- a republic in Central America; achieved independence from Spain in 1821; an early center of Mayan culture
- Republic of Hungary
- a republic in central Europe
- Republic of Iceland
- an island republic on the island of Iceland; became independent of Denmark in 1944
- Republic of India
- a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947
- Republic of Indonesia
- a republic in southeastern Asia on an archipelago including more than 13,000 islands; achieved independence from the Netherlands in 1945; the principal oil producer in the Far East and Pacific regions
- Republic of Iraq
- a republic in the Middle East in western Asia; the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia was in the area now known as Iraq
- Republic of Ireland
- a republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1921
- Republic of Kazakhstan
- a landlocked republic to the south of Russia and to the northeast of the Caspian Sea; the original Turkic-speaking inhabitants were overrun by Mongols in the 13th century; an Asian soviet from 1936 to 1991
- Republic of Kenya
- a republic in eastern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1963; major archeological discoveries have been made in the Great Rift Valley in Kenya
- Republic of Kiribati
- an island republic in the west central Pacific just to the south of the equator
- Republic of Korea
- a republic in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula; established in 1948
- Republic of Latvia
- a republic in northeastern Europe on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea
- Republic of Liberia
- a republic in West Africa; established in 1822 by Americans as a way to free negro slaves
- Republic of Lithuania
- a republic in northeastern Europe on the Baltic Sea
- Republic of Madagascar
- a republic on the island of Madagascar; achieved independence from France in 1960
- Republic of Malawi
- a landlocked republic in southern central Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1964
- Republic of Maldives
- a republic on the Maldive Islands; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1965
- Republic of Mali
- a landlocked republic in northwestern Africa; achieved independence from France in 1960; Mali was a center of West African civilization for more than 4,000 years
- Republic of Malta
- a republic on the island of Malta in the Mediterranean; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1964
- Republic of Mauritius
- a parliamentary state on the island of Mauritius
- Republic of Moldova
- a landlocked republic in eastern Europe; formerly a European soviet but achieved independence in 1991
- Republic of Mozambique
- a republic on the southeastern coast of Africa on the Mozambique Channel; became independent from Portugal in 1975
- Republic of Namibia
- a republic in southwestern Africa on the south Atlantic coast (formerly called South West Africa); achieved independence from South Africa in 1990; the greater part of Namibia forms part of the high Namibian plateau of South Africa
- Republic of Nauru
- an island republic on Nauru Island; phosphate exports support the economy
- Republic of Nicaragua
- a republic in Central America; achieved independence from Spain in 1821
- Republic of Niger
- a landlocked republic in West Africa; gained independence from France in 1960; most of the country is dominated by the Sahara Desert
- Republic of Palau
- a republic in the western central Pacific Ocean in association with the United States
- Republic of Panama
- a republic on the Isthmus of Panama; achieved independence from Colombia in 1903
- Republic of Paraguay
- a landlocked republic in south central South America; achieved independence from Spain in 1811
- Republic of Peru
- a republic in western South America; achieved independence from Spain in 1821; was the heart of the Inca empire from the 12th to 16th centuries
- Republic of Poland
- a republic in central Europe; the invasion of Poland by Germany in 1939 started World War II
- Republic of San Marino
- the smallest republic in the world; the oldest independent country in Europe (achieved independence in 301); located in the Apennines and completely surrounded by Italy
- Republic of Senegal
- a republic in northwestern Africa on the coast of the Atlantic; formerly a French colony but achieved independence in 1960
- Republic of Seychelles
- a republic on the Seychelles islands; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1976
- Republic of Sierra Leone
- a republic in West Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1961
- Republic of Singapore
- a country in southeastern Asia on the island of Singapore; achieved independence from Malaysia in 1965
- Republic of Slovenia
- a mountainous republic in central Europe; formerly part of the Habsburg monarchy and Yugoslavia; achieved independence in 1991
- Republic of South Africa
- a republic at the southernmost part of Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1910; first European settlers were Dutch (known as Boers)
- Republic of Suriname
- a republic in northeastern South America on the Atlantic; achieved independence from the Netherlands in 1975
- Republic of Tajikistan
- a landlocked mountainous republic in southeast central Asia to the north of Afghanistan; formerly an Asian soviet
- Republic of the Congo
- a republic in west-central Africa; achieved independence from France in 1960
- Republic of The Gambia
- a narrow republic surrounded by Senegal in West Africa
- Republic of the Marshall Islands
- a republic (under United States protection) on the Marshall Islands
- Republic of the Philippines
- a republic on the Philippine Islands; achieved independence from the United States in 1946
- Republic of the Sudan
- a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; achieved independence from Egypt and the United Kingdom in 1956
- Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
- an island republic in the West Indies off the northeastern coast of Venezuela; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1962
- Republic of Tunisia
- a republic in northwestern Africa on the Mediterranean coast; achieved independence from France in 1956
- Republic of Turkey
- a Eurasian republic in Asia Minor and the Balkans; on the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in 1918, the Young Turks, led by Kemal Ataturk, established a republic in 1923
- Republic of Uganda
- a landlocked republic in eastern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1962
- Republic of Uzbekistan
- a landlocked republic in west central Asia; formerly an Asian soviet
- Republic of Vanuatu
- a volcanic island republic in Melanesia; independent since 1980
- Republic of Venezuela
- a republic in northern South America on the Caribbean; achieved independence from Spain in 1811; rich in oil
- Republic of Yemen
- a republic on the southwestern shores of the Arabian Peninsula on the Indian Ocean; formed in 1990
- Republic of Zambia
- a republic in central Africa; formerly controlled by Great Britain and called Northern Rhodesia until it gained independence within the commonwealth in 1964
- Republic of Zimbabwe
- a landlocked republic in south central Africa formerly called Rhodesia; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1980
- reservation
- a district that is reserved for particular purpose
- Resht
- city in northwestern Iran near the Caspian Sea
- restriction site
- the specific sites at which a restriction enzyme will cleave DNA
- retention basin
- a storage site similar to a detention basin but the water in storage is permanently obstructed from flowing downstream
- retirement community
- a planned community for residents who have retired from an active working life
- retreat
- a place of privacy; a place affording peace and quiet
- Rheims
- a city in northeastern France to the east of Paris; scene of the coronation of most French kings; site of the unconditional German surrender in 1945 at the end of World War II
- Rhineland
- a picturesque region of Germany around the Rhine river
- Rhode Island
- one of the British colonies that formed the United States
- Rhone-Alpes
- a mountainous region of eastern France drained by the Rhone and Saone and Isere rivers
- rifle range
- the distance that a rifle bullet will carry
- right
- location near or direction toward the right side; i.e. the side to the south when a person or object faces east
- Right Bank
- the region of Paris on the north bank of the Seine
- right stage
- the part of the stage on the actor's right as the actor faces the audience
- Rio de Janeiro
- the former capital and 2nd largest city of Brazil; chief Brazilian port; famous as a tourist attraction
- Riverside
- a city in southern California
- Riviera
- a coastal area between La Spezia in Italy and Cannes in France
- roads
- a partly sheltered anchorage
- Roanoke
- a city in southwestern Virginia
- Rochester
- a city in western New York; a center of the photographic equipment industry
- Rochester
- a town in southeast Minnesota
- rock bottom
- the absolute bottom
- Rock Island
- a town in northwest Illinois on the Mississippi River; site of a Union prison during the American Civil War
- Rock of Gibraltar
- location of a colony of the United Kingdom on a limestone promontory at the southern tip of Spain; strategically important because it can control the entrance of ships into the Mediterranean; one of the Pillars of Hercules
- Rock Springs
- a town of southwest Wyoming near the Utah border
- Rockford
- a city in northern Illinois
- Rocky Mountain National Park
- a national park in Colorado having mountains and lakes and streams and forests
- Rodhos
- a Greek island in the southeast Aegean Sea 10 miles off the Turkish coast; the largest of the Dodecanese; it was colonized before 1000 BC by Dorians from Argos; site of the Colossus of Rhodes
- Roman Empire
- an empire established by Augustus in 27 BC and divided in AD 395 into the Western Roman Empire and the eastern or Byzantine Empire; at its peak lands in Europe and Africa and Asia were ruled by ancient Rome
- Roman Republic
- the ancient Roman state from 509 BC until Augustus assumed power in 27 BC; was governed by an elected Senate but dissatisfaction with the Senate led to civil wars that culminated in a brief dictatorship by Julius Caesar
- rooftop
- the top of a (usually flat) roof
- rookery
- a breeding ground for gregarious birds (such as rooks)
- Rosario
- a port city on the Parana River in eastern central Argentina
- Roseau
- the capital and largest city of Dominica
- Rostock
- a city in northeastern Germany near the Baltic sea; an important member of the Hanseatic League in the 14th century
- Rostov na Donu
- a seaport on the Don River near the Sea of Azov in the European part of Russia
- Roswell
- a town in southeast New Mexico
- rotten borough
- an English parliamentary constituency with few electors
- Rotterdam
- the 2nd largest city in the Netherlands; located in the western Netherlands near the North Sea
- rough
- the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short
- Roumania
- a republic in southeastern Europe with a short coastline on the Black Sea
- Rubicon
- the boundary in ancient times between Italy and Gaul; Caesar's crossing it with his army in 49 BC was an act of war
- Ruhr Valley
- a major industrial and coal mining region in the valley of the Ruhr river in northwestern Germany
- Rus
- the medieval Russian state established by Scandinavian traders in the 9th century; the capital was first in Novgorod and then in Kiev
- Russia
- a former empire in eastern Europe and northern Asia created in the 14th century with Moscow as the capital; powerful in the 17th and 18th centuries under Peter the Great and Catherine the Great when Saint Petersburg was the capital; overthrown by revolution in 1917
- Russian Federation
- a federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state
- Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic
- formerly the largest Soviet Socialist Republic in the USSR occupying eastern Europe and northern Asia
- Rustbelt
- urban areas in New England and Midwest characterized by concentrations of declining industries (steel or textiles)
- Rutland
- a town in central Vermont
- Rwandese Republic
- a landlocked republic in central Africa; formerly a German colony
- Ryukyu Islands
- a chain of 55 islands in the western Pacific to the to the southwest of Japan (returned by United States to Japan in 1972)
- Saba
- a island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano
- Sachsen
- an area in Germany around the upper Elbe river; the original home of the Saxons
- Safaqis
- the second largest city in Tunisia; located in eastern Tunisia near a phosphate region
- safari park
- an area of parkland where wild animals are kept and can be viewed by visitors driving through
- Saginaw
- a town in east central Michigan on an arm of Lake Huron
- Sagittarius the Archer
- the ninth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about November 22 to December 21
- Sahara Desert
- the world's largest desert (3,500,000 square miles) in northern Africa
- Saint Augustine
- a resort city in northeastern Florida; the oldest city in the United States
- Saint Christopher
- the largest of the islands comprising Saint Christopher-Nevis
- Saint Cloud
- a town in central Minnesota on the Mississippi River; granite quarries
- Saint Eustatius
- an island in the Netherlands Antilles
- Saint John
- a port in eastern Canada; the largest city in New Brunswick
- Saint John's
- a port and provincial capital of Newfoundland
- Saint Joseph
- a town in northwest Missouri on the Missouri River; in the 19th century it became the eastern terminus of the pony express
- Saint Lucia
- a volcanic island in the Windward Isles to the south of Martinique
- Saint Lucia
- a country on the island of Saint Lucia; gained independence from Great Britain in 1979
- Saint Maarten
- an island in the western Leeward Islands; administered jointly by France and the Netherlands
- Saint Petersburg
- a city in the European part of Russia; 2nd largest Russian city; located at the head of the Gulf of Finland; former capital of Russia
- Saint Petersburg
- a city in western Florida on Tampa Bay; a popular winter resort
- Saint Vincent
- an island in the center of the Windward Islands; the largest of the islands comprising Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- an island country in the central Windward Islands; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1979
- Saipan
- the largest island in the Northern Marianas and the administrative center of the commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in union with the United States
- Sakartvelo
- a republic in Asia Minor on the Black Sea separated from Russia by the Caucasus mountains; formerly an Asian soviet but became independent in 1991
- Salem
- a city in northeastern Massachusetts; site of the witchcraft trials in 1692
- Salem
- a city in southern India
- salient
- (military) the part of the line of battle that projects closest to the enemy
- Salina
- a town in central Kansas
- Salvadoran capital
- the capital and largest city of El Salvador; has suffered from recurrent earthquakes
- Salzburg
- city in western Austria; a music center and birthplace of Mozart
- Samaria
- an ancient city in central Palestine founded in the 9th century BC as the capital of the northern Hebrew kingdom of Israel; the site is in present-day northwestern Jordan
- Samarkand
- city in southern Uzbekistan; Tamerlane's opulent capital in the 14th century
- Samoan Islands
- a group of volcanic islands in the South Pacific midway between Hawaii and Australia; its climate and scenery and Polynesian culture make it a popular tourist stop
- San Angelo
- a town in west central Texas; formerly a notorious frontier town
- San Antonio
- a city of south central Texas; site of the Alamo; site of several military bases and a popular haven for vacationers
- San Bernardino
- a city in southern California to the east of Los Angeles
- San Diego
- a picturesque city of southern California on San Diego Bay near the Mexican border; site of an important naval base
- San Francisco
- a port in western California near the Golden Gate that is one of the major industrial and transportation centers; it has one of the world's finest harbors; site of the Golden Gate Bridge
- San Jose
- a city in western California located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay to the south of San Francisco; a center for computer and electronics industries
- San Juan
- the capital and largest city of Puerto Rico
- San Luis Potosi
- a city in central Mexico
- San Mateo
- a town in California to the south of San Francisco
- San Pablo
- a town in western California to the north of Oakland on an arm of San Francisco Bay
- San Pedro Sula
- industrial city in northwestern Honduras
- San Sebastian
- a city in northern Spain on the Bay of Biscay near the French border; a fashionable seaside resort
- Sana'a
- the capital and largest city of Yemen; on the central plateau
- sanctum
- a place of inviolable privacy
- sandlot
- a vacant lot used by city boys to play games
- Sangay
- an inactive volcano in the Andes in central Ecuador; last erupted in 1946
- Santa Ana
- a city in southern California to the east of Long Beach
- Santa Ana
- a city in western El Salvador
- Santa Barbara
- a town in southwestern California on the Pacific Ocean
- Santa Clara
- a city of west central California; residential area with light industry
- Santa Cruz
- a town in western California on Monterey Bay; a tourist center
- Santa Cruz
- a city in central Bolivia
- Santa Maria del Tule
- a town in southeastern Mexico near Oaxaca; site of Ahuehuete, a giant Montezuma cypress
- Santiago de Chile
- the capital and largest city of Chile; located in central Chile; one of the largest cities in South America
- Santiago de Cuba
- a port city in southeastern Cuba; industrial center
- Santiago de los Caballeros
- city in the northern Dominican Republic
- Santos
- a port city in southwestern Brazil on an offshore island near Sao Paulo
- Sao Bernardo do Campo
- a city in southeastern Brazil; an industrial suburb of Sao Paulo
- Sao Goncalo
- an industrial city in southeastern Brazil across the bay from Rio de Janeiro
- Sao Joao de Meriti
- a city in southeastern Brazil that is a residential suburb of Rio de Janeiro
- Sao Jose dos Campos
- a city in southeastern Brazil to the northeast of Sao Paulo
- Sao Louis
- a city on an offshore island in northeast Brazil
- Sao Paulo
- an ultramodern city in southeastern Brazil; the largest city in South America
- Sao Tiago Island
- largest of the Cape Verde Islands in the Atlantic Ocean
- Sao Tome
- capital of Sao Tome and Principe
- Sapporo
- a commercial city in northern Japan on western Hokkaido
- Saqqarah
- a town in northern Egypt; site of the oldest Egyptian pyramids
- Saragossa
- an ancient city on the Ebro River in northeastern Spain; formerly the capital of Aragon
- Sarajevo
- capital and largest city of Bosnia; scene of the assassination of Francis Ferdinand in 1914 which precipitated World War I
- Sarasota
- a town in west central Florida on the Gulf of Mexico
- Saratoga Springs
- a town in eastern New York State famed for its spa and its horse racing
- Saratov
- an industrial city in the European part of Russia
- Sarawak
- the largest state in Malaysia; located on the northwest of the island of Borneo
- Sardinia
- an island in the Mediterranean to the west of Italy
- Sardinia
- the Italian region on the island of Sardinia; the kingdom of Sardinia was the nucleus for uniting Italy during the 19th century
- Sardis
- an ancient Greek city located in the western part of what is now modern Turkey; as the capital of Lydia it was the cultural center of Asia Minor; destroyed by Tamerlane in 1402
- Saskatchewan
- one of the three prairie provinces in west central Canada
- Saskatoon
- a city in central Saskatchewan; the largest city in the province
- Sault Sainte Marie
- a town of southern Ontario opposite northern Michigan
- savanna
- a flat grassland in tropical or subtropical regions
- Savannah
- a port in eastern Georgia near the mouth of the Savannah river
- Savoy
- a geographical region of historical importance; a former duchy in what is now southwestern France, western Switzerland, and northwestern Italy
- Sayda
- the main city of ancient Phoenicia
- Scandinavia
- a group of culturally related countries in northern Europe; Finland and Iceland are sometimes considered Scandinavian
- Scandinavian country
- any one of the countries occupying Scandinavia
- Scandinavian Peninsula
- the peninsula in northern Europe occupied by Norway and Sweden
- scenario
- a setting for a work of art or literature
- scene
- the place where some action occurs
- scene
- the context and environment in which something is set
- scenery
- the appearance of a place
- Schenectady
- a city of eastern New York on the Mohawk river; it prospered after the opening of the Erie Canal
- Schlesien
- a region of central Europe rich in deposits of coal and iron ore; annexed by Prussia in 1742 but now largely in Poland
- school district
- a district whose public schools are administered together
- schoolyard
- the yard associated with a school
- Scorpio the Scorpion
- the eighth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about October 23 to November 21
- Scotland
- one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts
- scour
- a place that is scoured (especially by running water)
- Scranton
- an industrial city of northeastern Pennsylvania
- scratch
- a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game
- scrubland
- an uncultivated region covered with scrub vegetation
- Scythia
- an ancient area of Eurasia extending from the Black Sea to the Aral Sea that was populated by Scythians from the eighth to the fourth century BC
- seafront
- the waterfront of a seaside town
- Sealyham
- a village in southwestern Wales where the Sealyham terrier was first bred
- seascape
- a view of the sea
- seat
- a center of authority (as a city from which authority is exercised)
- seat
- the location (metaphorically speaking) where something is based
- Seattle
- a major port of entry and the largest city in Washington; located in west central Washington on the protected waters of Puget Sound with the snow-capped peaks of the Cascade Range and Mount Rainier visible to the south and east; an aerospace and computer center; site of the University of Washington
- section
- a distinct region or subdivision of a territorial or political area or community or group of people
- sector
- a portion of a military position
- Sedalia
- a town in east central Missouri
- see
- the seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located
- Selangor
- sultanate and one of the 13 states that constitute the Federation of Malaysia
- Selma
- a town in central Alabama on the Alabama river; in 1965 it was the center of a drive to register Black voters
- Semarang
- a port city is southern Indonesia; located in northern Java
- semidesert
- a region much like a desert but usually located between a desert and the surrounding regions
- semitropics
- regions adjacent to the tropics
- separation
- the space where a division or parting occurs
- Sequoia National Park
- a national park in California that includes Mount Whitney
- Serengeti National Park
- a national park in Tanzania created in 1951 to protect the wildlife
- Serengeti Plain
- a vast plain in Tanzania to the west of the Great Rift Valley known for its wildlife
- service area
- place on a highway providing garage services and eating and toilet facilities
- setting
- the physical position of something
- settlement
- an area where a group of families live together
- Setubal
- a port city on the Atlantic coast of Portugal to the southeast of Lisbon
- Sevastopol
- a city in southern Ukraine on the Black Sea
- Seven Hills of Rome
- the hills on which the ancient city of Rome was built
- Seventh Avenue
- an avenue in Manhattan that runs north and south
- Seville
- a city in southwestern Spain; a major port and cultural center; the capital of bullfighting in Spain
- Seward Peninsula
- a peninsula in western Alaska that projects westward into the Bering Sea just below the Arctic Circle
- Seychelles islands
- a group of about 90 islands in the western Indian Ocean to the north of Madagascar
- Seyhan
- a city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River
- Shanghai
- the largest city of China; located in the east on the Pacific; one of the largest ports in the world
- Shangri-la
- any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
- shantytown
- a city district inhabited by people living in huts and shanties
- Sheffield
- a steel manufacturing city in northern England famous for its cutlery industry
- sheikdom
- the domain ruled by a sheik
- Shenandoah National Park
- a national park in Virginia for the Blue Ridge Mountains
- Sherman
- a town in northeastern Texas near the Oklahoma border
- Shetland Islands
- an archipelago of about 100 islands in the North Atlantic off the north coast of Scotland
- Shikoku
- the smallest of the four main islands of Japan; to the south of Honshu and to the east of Kyushu; separated from Honshu by the Inland Sea; forested and mountainous
- shipside
- the part of a wharf that is next to a ship
- Shiraz
- a city in central southwestern Iran; ruins of ancient Persepolis are nearby
- shire
- a former administrative district of England; equivalent to a county
- shooting preserve
- a preserve on which hunting is permitted during certain months of the year
- Show Me State
- a midwestern state in central United States; a border state during the American Civil War, Missouri was admitted to the Confederacy without actually seceding from the Union
- showplace
- a place that is frequently exhibited and visited for its historical interest or natural beauty
- Shreveport
- a city in northwest Louisiana on the Red River near the Texas border
- shrubbery
- an area where a number of shrubs are planted
- Siberia
- a vast Asian region of Russia; famous for long cold winters
- Sicilia
- the largest island in the Mediterranean
- Sicilia
- the Italian region on the island of Sicily
- side
- a line segment forming part of the perimeter of a plane figure
- side
- a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
- Sikkim
- a state in northeastern India in the Himalaya Mountains between Nepal and Bhutan
- silhouette
- an outline of a solid object (as cast by its shadow)
- Silicon Valley
- a region in California to the south of San Francisco that is noted for its concentration of high-technology industries
- Silk Road
- an ancient trade route between China and the Mediterranean (4,000 miles); followed by Marco Polo in the 13th century to reach Cathay
- Silver City
- a town in southwestern New Mexico
- Simpson Desert
- a desert region of central Australia
- Sinai Desert
- a desert on the Sinai Peninsula in northeastern Egypt
- Sinai Peninsula
- a peninsula in northeastern Egypt; at north end of Red Sea
- Sind
- a region of southeastern Pakistan
- Singapore Island
- an island to the south of the Malay Peninsula
- Sioux City
- a city in northeastern Iowa where the Big Sioux River joins the Missouri
- Sioux Falls
- largest city in South Dakota; located in southeastern South Dakota
- site
- physical position in relation to the surroundings
- Sitka
- a town in southeastern Alaska that was the capital of Russian America and served as the capital of Alaska from 1867 until 1906
- Sitsang
- an autonomous region of the Peoples Republic of China; located in the Himalayas
- Sjaelland
- the largest island of Denmark and the site of Copenhagen
- Skagway
- a town in southeastern Alaska at the northern end of the Inside Passage; a gateway to the Klondike during the Alaskan gold rush
- ski resort
- a resort with lodging and facilities for skiing
- skid road
- the district of a town frequented by loggers
- skid row
- a city district frequented by vagrants and alcoholics and addicts
- Skoplje
- capital of modern Macedonia
- skyline
- the outline of objects seen against the sky
- slave state
- any of the southern states in which slavery was legal prior to the American Civil War
- Slovak Republic
- a landlocked republic in central Europe; separated from the Czech Republic in 1993
- slum
- a district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions
- Smolensk
- a city in western Russia on the Dnieper River; scene of severe fighting in World War II
- Smyrna
- a port city in western Turkey
- snow line
- the line on a mountain above which there is perpetual snow and ice
- Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
- a military dictatorship in northern Africa on the Mediterranean; consists almost entirely of desert; a major exporter of petroleum
- Socialist Republic of Vietnam
- a communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea; achieved independence from France in 1945
- Society Islands
- an island group of French Polynesia in the South Pacific to the east of Samoa
- Sodom
- (Old Testament) an ancient city near the Dead Sea that (along with Gomorrah) was destroyed by God for the wickedness of its inhabitants
- sodom
- any location known for vice and corruption
- Soho
- a city district of central London now noted for restaurants and nightclubs
- soil horizon
- a layer in a soil profile
- soil profile
- a vertical section of soil from the ground surface to the parent rock
- soil
- the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state
- Soledad
- a city in northern Colombia; a suburb of Barranquilla
- Solingen
- a city in west central Germany noted for cutlery
- solitude
- a solitary place
- Solomon Islands
- the northernmost islands are part of Papua New Guinea; the remainder form an independent state within the British Commonwealth
- Solomon Islands
- the southern Solomon Islands that since 1978 form an independent state in the British Commonwealth
- Somali peninsula
- a peninsula of northeastern Africa (the easternmost part of Africa) comprising Somalia and Djibouti and Eritrea and parts of Ethiopia
- Somalia
- a republic in extreme eastern Africa on the Somali peninsula; subject to tribal warfare
- Sombrero
- one of the islands of Saint Christopher-Nevis
- Somerset
- a county in southwestern England on the Bristol Channel
- somewhere
- an indefinite or unknown location
- Sonoran Desert
- a desert in southwestern Arizona
- Sooner State
- a state in south central United States
- Soudan
- a region of northern Africa to the south of the Sahara and Libyan deserts; extends from the Atlantic to the Red Sea
- Sousse
- a port city in eastern Tunisia on the Mediterranean
- South
- the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line
- south
- a location in the southern part of a country, region, or city
- South American country
- any one of the countries occupying the South American continent
- South Australia
- a state in south central Australia
- South Bend
- a city in northern Indiana
- South Carolina
- one of the British colonies that formed the United States
- south celestial pole
- the celestial pole above the southern hemisphere
- South Frigid Zone
- the region around the south pole: Antarctica and surrounding waters
- South Island
- the larger but less populous of two main islands of New Zealand; separated from North Island by Cook Strait
- South of Houston
- a district in southwestern Manhattan noted for its shops and restaurants and galleries and artist's lofts
- South Pole
- the southernmost point of the Earth's axis
- south side
- the side that is on the south
- South Temperate Zone
- Temperate Zone between the Antarctic Circle and the Tropic of Capricorn
- South Vietnam
- a former country in southeastern Asia that existed from 1954 (after the defeat of the French at Dien Bien Phu) until 1975 when it was defeated and annexed by North Vietnam
- South Yorkshire
- a metropolitan county in northern England
- southeast
- a location in the southeastern part of a country, region, or city
- Southeast Asia
- a geographical division of Asia that includes Indochina plus Indonesia and the Philippines and Singapore
- southeastern United States
- the southeastern region of the United States
- southern hemisphere
- the hemisphere to the south of the equator
- southland
- any region lying in or toward the south
- southwest
- a location in the southwestern part of a country, region, or city
- southwestern United States
- the southwestern region of the United States generally including New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, California, and sometimes Utah and Colorado
- Soviet Socialist Republic
- one of the states that formerly made up the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922-1991)
- Soweto
- a large collection of African townships to the southwest of Johannesburg in South Africa; inhabited solely by Black Africans
- spa
- a health resort near a spring or at the seaside
- space
- an area reserved for some particular purpose
- Sparta
- an ancient Greek city famous for military prowess; the dominant city of the Peloponnesus prior to the 4th century BC
- sphere
- the geographical area in which one nation is very influential
- Spice Islands
- a group of island in eastern Indonesia between Celebes and New Guinea; settled by the Portuguese but taken by the Dutch who made them the center for a spice monopoly, at which time they were known as Spice Islands
- Spitzbergen
- islands in the Svalbard archipelago to the east of northern Greenland; belonging to Norway
- Split
- an old Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea
- Spokane
- a city in eastern Washington near the Idaho border
- Spotsylvania
- a village in northeastern Virginia where battles were fought during the American Civil War
- spring
- a point at which water issues forth
- Springfield
- a city of southwestern Missouri
- Springfield
- a city and manufacturing center in southwestern Massachusetts on the Connecticut River
- Srbija
- a historical region in central and northern Yugoslavia; Serbs settled the region in the 6th and 7th centuries
- St. Mary of Bethlehem
- port city in northern Brazil in the Amazon delta; main port and commercial center for the Amazon River basin
- Staffa
- an island in western Scotland in the Inner Hebrides to the west of Mull; site of Fingal's Cave
- stage
- any scene regarded as a setting for exhibiting or doing something
- staging area
- an area where troops and equipment in transit are assembled before a military operation
- Stagirus
- an ancient town of Greece where Aristotle was born
- Stalingrad
- a city in the European part of Russia on the Volga; site of German defeat in World War II in the winter of 1942-43
- stand
- the position where a thing or person stands
- state boundary
- the boundary between two states
- state capital
- the capital city of a political subdivision of a country
- State of Bahrain
- an island country in the Persian Gulf off the coast of Saudi Arabia; oil revenues funded progressive programs until reserves were exhausted in 1970s
- State of Eritrea
- an African country to the north of Ethiopia on the Red Sea; achieved independence from Ethiopia in 1993
- State of Israel
- Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean; formerly part of Palestine
- State of Katar
- an Arab country on the peninsula of Qatar; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1971; the economy is dominated by oil
- State of Kuwait
- an Arab kingdom in Asia on the northwestern coast of the Persian Gulf; a major source of petroleum
- State of the Vatican City
- the smallest sovereign state in the world; the see of the Pope (as the Bishop of Rome); home of the Pope and the central administration of the Roman Catholic Church; achieved independence from Italy in 1929
- Staten Island
- a borough of New York City
- station
- (nautical) the location to which a ship or fleet is assigned for duty
- Stavanger
- a port city in southwestern Norway; center for shipbuilding industry
- stockbroker belt
- a wealthy residential suburb
- Stonehenge
- an ancient megalithic monument in southern England; probably used for ritual purposes
- stop
- a spot where something halts or pauses
- stopover
- a stopping place on a journey
- storm center
- the central area or place of lowest barometric pressure within a storm
- Strand
- a street in west central London famous for its theaters and hotels
- Strassburg
- city on the Rhine in eastern France near the German border; an inland port
- Stratford-upon-Avon
- a town in central England on the River Avon; birthplace (and burial place) of William Shakespeare
- stratum
- one of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism or a layer of sedimentary rock)
- street address
- the address where a person or organization can be found
- strike zone
- (baseball) the area over home plate between a batter's knees and shoulders through which a pitch must pass in order to be called a strike
- Stuttgart
- a city in southwestern Germany famous for innovative architecture
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- the region of Africa to the south of the Sahara Desert
- subdivision
- an area composed of subdivided lots
- substrate
- any stratum or layer lying underneath another
- substrate
- a surface on which an organism grows or is attached
- subtopia
- monotonous urban sprawl of standardized buildings
- suburb
- a residential district located on the outskirts of a city
- Sucre
- the judicial capital and seat of the judiciary in Bolivia
- Sudbury
- a city in south central Canada in Ontario; a major nickel mining center
- Suez
- a city in northeastern Egypt at the head of the Gulf of Suez and at the southern end of the Suez Canal
- Suez Canal
- a ship canal in northeastern Egypt linking the Red Sea with the Mediterranean Sea
- Sulawesi
- a mountainous island in eastern Indonesia
- sultanate
- country or territory ruled by a sultan
- Sultanate of Oman
- a strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula; the economy is dominated by oil
- Sumatra
- a mountainous island in western Indonesia
- Sumer
- an area in the southern region of Babylonia in present-day Iraq; site of the Sumerian civilization of city-states that flowered during the third millennium BC
- Sun City
- a residential suburb of Phoenix
- Sun Valley
- a winter sports resort in south central Idaho
- Sunbelt
- states in the south and southwest that have a warm climate and tend to be politically conservative
- Sunda Islands
- a chain of islands in the western Malay Archipelago
- Sunderland
- a port and industrial city in northeastern England
- Sunflower State
- a state in midwestern United States
- Superfund site
- a site where toxic wastes have been dumped and the Environmental Protection Agency has designated them to be cleaned up
- Superior
- a town in northwest Wisconsin on Lake Superior across from Duluth
- superstrate
- any stratum or layer superimposed on another
- supply line
- a route over which supplies can be delivered
- surface
- the extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object
- Surrey
- a county in southeastern England on the Thames
- Susiana
- an ancient country in southwestern Asia to the east of the Tigris River (in what is modern Iran); was known for its warlike people
- Sussex
- a county in southern England on the English Channel; formerly an Anglo-Saxon kingdom that was captured by Wessex in the 9th century
- Suva
- the capital and largest city of Fiji (on Viti Levu island)
- suzerainty
- the domain of a suzerain
- Svalbard
- a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean
- Swansea
- a port city in southern Wales on an inlet of the Bristol Channel
- swap file
- the disk space that is set aside for virtual memory
- Swiss canton
- one of the cantons of Switzerland
- Swiss Confederation
- a landlocked federal republic in central Europe
- Sydney
- the largest Australian city located in southeastern Australia on the Tasman Sea; state capital of New South Wales; Australia's chief port
- Syracuse
- a city in southeastern Sicily that was founded by Corinthians in the 8th century BC
- Syracuse
- a city in central New York
- Syrian Arab Republic
- an Asian republic in the Middle East at the east end of the Mediterranean; site of some of the world's most ancient centers of civilization
- Syrian Desert
- a desert of northern Arabia occupying western Iraq, southern Syria, eastern Jordan, and northern Saudi Arabia
- Szechwan province
- a populous province of south central China
- T'ien-ching
- a major industrial center in northeastern China on the Grand Canal near the Yellow Sea; 3rd largest city in China
- Tabasco
- a Mexican state on the Gulf of Campeche
- Tabora
- a city in western Tanzania
- Tabriz
- an ancient city in northwestern Iran; known for hot springs
- Tabuk
- a city in northwestern Saudi Arabia
- tack
- the heading or position of a vessel relative to the trim of its sails
- Tacoma
- a city in west central Washington on an arm of Puget Sound to the south of Seattle
- Taegu
- a city in southeastern South Korea
- Tahiti
- an island in the south Pacific; the most important island in French Polynesia; made famous by Robert Louis Stevenson and Paul Gauguin
- Taichung
- a city in Taiwan
- Taif
- a city in western Saudi Arabia to the east of Mecca
- Taiyuan
- an ancient city in northeastern China noted for coal mining and steel production
- Taklimakan Desert
- a desert in western China
- Tamale
- a city in northern Ghana
- Tamil Eelam
- the independent state that the Tamil Tigers have fought for
- Tamil Nadu
- a state in southeastern India on the Bay of Bengal (south of Andhra Pradesh); formerly Madras
- Tammerfors
- an industrial city in south central Finland
- Tampa
- a resort city in western Florida; located on Tampa Bay on the Gulf of Mexico
- Tampico
- a port city in eastern Mexico
- Tanga
- a port city in northeastern Tanzania on the Indian Ocean
- Tanganyika
- a former state in East Africa; united with Zanzibar in 1964 to form Tanzania
- Tangiers
- a city of northern Morocco at the west end of the Strait of Gibraltar
- Tangshan
- an industrial city of northeastern China in Hebei province
- tank farm
- an area used exclusively for storing petroleum in large tanks
- Taos
- an artist colony in northern New Mexico
- tape
- the finishing line for a foot race
- Tara
- a village in eastern Ireland (northwest of Dublin); seat of Irish kings until 6th century
- Tarabulus Al-Gharb
- the capital and chief port and largest city of Libya; in northwestern Libya on the Mediterranean Sea; founded by the Phoenicians in the 7th century BC
- Tarabulus Ash-Sham
- a port city and commercial center in northwestern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea
- target
- the location of the target that is to be hit
- Tartary
- the vast geographical region of Europe and Asia that was controlled by the Mongols in the 13th and 14th centuries
- Tartu
- a city of southeastern Estonia that was a member of the Hanseatic League
- Tasmania
- an island off the southeastern coast of Australia
- Tasmania
- an Australian state on the island of Tasmania
- Taurus the Bull
- the second sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about April 20 to May 20
- tax haven
- a country or independent region where taxes are low
- Taymyr Peninsula
- a peninsula in northern Siberia
- tee
- the starting place for each hole on a golf course
- Tel Aviv-Jaffa
- the largest city and financial center of Israel; located in western Israel on the Mediterranean
- Temperate Zone
- the part of the Earth's surface between the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Cancer or between the Antarctic Circle and the Tropic of Capricorn; characterized by temperate climate
- Temuco
- a city in central Chile to the south of Concepcion
- tendency
- a general direction in which something tends to move
- tenement district
- a residential district occupied primarily with tenement houses
- Tenerife
- a Spanish island in the Atlantic off the northwestern coast of Africa; the largest of the Canary Islands
- Tepic
- a city in west central Mexico
- Terengganu
- sultanate and one of the 13 states of the Federation of Malaysia
- terra incognita
- an unknown and unexplored region
- terrain
- a piece of ground having specific characteristics or military potential
- terreplein
- level space where heavy guns can be mounted behind the parapet at the top of a rampart
- Texarkana
- a town in southwest Arkansas on the Texas border adjacent to Texarkana, Texas
- Texarkana
- a town in northeast Texas adjacent to Texarkana, Arkansas
- theater of war
- the entire land, sea, and air area that may become or is directly involved in war operations
- Thebes
- an ancient Egyptian city on the Nile River that flourished from the 22nd century BC to the 18th century BC; today the archeological remains include many splendid temples and tombs
- Thebes
- an ancient Greek city in Boeotia destroyed by Alexander the Great in 336 BC
- theme park
- an amusement park that is organized around some theme (as the world of tomorrow)
- Theodore Roosevelt Memorial National Park
- a national park in North Dakota that includes the site of former President Theodore Roosevelt's ranch
- there
- a location other than here; that place
- Thessalia
- a fertile plain on the Aegean Sea in east central Greece; Thessaly was a former region of ancient Greece
- Thessalonica
- a port city in northeastern Greece on an inlet of the Aegean Sea; second largest city of Greece
- Thorshavn
- the administrative center of the Faroe Islands
- Thrace
- an ancient country and wine producing region in the east of the Balkan Peninsula to the north of the Aegean Sea; colonized by ancient Greeks; later a Roman province; now divided between Bulgaria and Greece and Turkey
- three-mile limit
- the limit of a nation's territorial waters
- Thule
- a town in northwestern Greenland; during World War II a United States naval base was built there
- Thunder Bay
- a port city in Ontario on Lake Superior
- Thuringia
- a historical region of southern Germany
- Ticino
- an Italian-speaking region of southern Switzerland
- tidal zone
- an area subject to tidal action
- Tidewater region
- the coastal plain of the South: eastern parts of Virginia and North Carolina and South Carolina and Georgia
- Tierra del Fuego
- an archipelago off southern South America; separated from the continent by the Strait of Magellan; islands are administered by Chile and by Argentina
- Tijuana
- a Mexican city just to the south of San Diego on the Lower California peninsula; popular among American tourists for racetracks and bullfights
- tiltyard
- (formerly) an enclosed field for tilting contests
- timber line
- line marking the upper limit of tree growth in mountains or northern latitudes
- Timbuktu
- a city in central Mali near the Niger river; formerly famous for its gold trade
- time zone
- any of the 24 regions of the globe (loosely divided by longitude) throughout which the same standard time is used
- Times Square
- the area of Manhattan around the intersection of Broadway and Seventh Avenue; heart of the New York theater district; site of annual celebration of New Year's
- Timgad
- an ancient town founded by the Romans; noted for extensive and well-preserved ruins
- Timimoun
- a town in central Algeria in the Atlas Mountains
- Timor
- an island in Indonesia in the Malay Archipelago; the largest and most eastern of the Lesser Sunda Islands
- Tin Pan Alley
- a city district (originally in New York) where composers and publishers of popular music do business
- tip
- the extreme end of something; especially something pointed
- tiptop
- the extreme top or summit
- Tivoli
- a town twenty miles to the east of Rome (Tibur is the ancient name); a summer resort during the Roman empire; noted for its waterfalls
- Tobago
- island in West Indies
- Togolese Republic
- a republic on the western coast of Africa on the Gulf of Guinea; formerly under French control
- Tolbukhin
- a city in northeastern Bulgaria (north of Varna) that is the commercial center of an agricultural region
- Toledo
- an industrial city in northwestern Ohio on Lake Erie
- Toledo
- a city in central Spain on the Tagus river; famous for steel and swords since the first century
- toll plaza
- an area where tollbooths are located
- top
- the upper part of anything
- top
- the highest or uppermost side of anything
- Torino
- capital city of the Piemonte region of northwestern Italy
- Toronto
- the provincial capital and largest city in Ontario (and the largest city in Canada)
- Torreon
- a city in northern Mexico to the west of Monterrey
- Torrid Zone
- the part of the Earth's surface between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn; characterized by a hot climate
- touchline
- either of the sidelines in soccer or rugby
- Toulon
- a port city and naval base in southeastern France on the Mediterranean coast
- Toulouse
- a city on the Garonne River in southern France to the southeast of Bordeaux; a cultural center of medieval Europe
- Tours
- an industrial city in western France on the Loire River
- town
- an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
- town
- an administrative division of a county
- toxic dumpsite
- a location where toxic wastes can be or have been disposed of (often illegally)
- Toyohashi
- a Japanese city in southern Honshu on the Pacific shore
- Toyonaki
- a Japanese city in southern Honshu; main residential suburb of Osaka
- Toyota
- an industrial city of Japan in southern Honshu
- trade route
- a route followed by traders (usually in caravans)
- Trafalgar Square
- a square in central London where there is a memorial to Admiral Nelson
- trail head
- the beginning of a trail
- Transcaucasia
- a geographical region to the south of the Caucasus Mountains and to the north of Turkey that comprises Georgia and Armenia and Azerbaijan
- transit zone
- a six million square mile area that includes the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico and the eastern Pacific Ocean; includes the principal routes used by drug smugglers
- Transvaal
- a province of northeastern South Africa originally inhabited by Africans who spoke Bantu; colonized by the Boers
- Transylvania
- a historical plateau region in northwestern Romania that is separated from the rest of the country by the Transylvanian Alps; originally part of Hungary; incorporated into Romania at the end of World War I
- Traverse City
- a town in northern Michigan on an arm of Lake Michigan
- Treasure State
- a state in northwestern United States on the Canadian border
- treaty port
- a port in China or Korea or Japan that once was open to foreign trade on the basis of a trading treaty
- Trentino-Alto Adige
- a region of northeastern Italy bordering Austria
- Trento
- a city in northern Italy (northwest of Venice) on the River Adige; the site of the Council of Trent
- Trinidad
- an island in West Indies just off the northeastern coast of Venezuela
- Triple Frontier
- the border area where Argentina and Brazil and Paraguay meet; an active South American center for contraband and drug trafficking and money laundering; a suspected locale for Islamic extremist groups
- Trondheim
- a port in central Norway on Trondheim Fjord
- tropic
- either of two parallels of latitude about 23.5 degrees to the north and south of the equator representing the points farthest north and south at which the sun can shine directly overhead and constituting the boundaries of the Torrid Zone or tropics
- Tropic of Cancer
- a line of latitude about 23 degrees to the north of the equator
- Tropic of Capricorn
- a line of latitude about 23 degrees to the south of the equator
- trouble spot
- a place where trouble exists or occurs regularly
- trust territory
- a dependent country; administered by another country under the supervision of the United Nations
- Tucson
- a city in southeastern Arizona ringed by mountain ranges; long known as a winter and health resort but the population shift from industrial states to the Sunbelt resulted in rapid growth late in the 20th century
- Tulsa
- a major city of northeastern Oklahoma on the Arkansas river; once known as the oil capital of the world and still heavily involved in the oil and gas industries
- Tupelo
- a town in northeast Mississippi
- Tupungatito
- an inactive volcano in central Chile; last erupted in 1959
- turf
- the territory claimed by a juvenile gang as its own
- turf
- range of jurisdiction or influence
- Turkestan Desert
- a desert in Turkmenistan to the south of the Aral Sea
- Turkish Empire
- a Turkish sultanate of southwestern Asia and northeastern Africa and southeastern Europe; created by the Ottoman Turks in the 13th century and lasted until the end of World War I; although initially small it expanded until it superseded the Byzantine Empire
- Turkistan
- a historical region of central Asia that was a center for trade between the East and the West
- Turkmenistan
- a republic in Asia to the east of the Caspian Sea and to the south of Kazakhstan and to the north of Iran; an Asian soviet from 1925 to 1991
- Tuscaloosa
- a university town in west central Alabama
- Tuscany
- a region in central Italy
- Tuskegee
- a town in eastern Alabama
- Tuvalu
- a small island republic on the Tuvalu islands; formerly part of the British colony of Gilbert and Ellice Islands until it withdrew in 1975 and became independent of the United Kingdom in 1978
- Tuxtla Gutierrez
- a city in southeastern Mexico
- Twin Cities
- nickname for Saint Paul and Minneapolis
- Twin Falls
- a town on the Snake River in south central Idaho near the Twin Falls
- Tyler
- a town in northeast Texas
- Tyre
- a port in southern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea; formerly a major Phoenician seaport famous for silks
- Tyrol
- a picturesque mountainous province of western Austria and northern Italy
- Ufa
- a city in the European part of Russia
- Ukrayina
- a republic in southeastern Europe; formerly a European soviet; the center of the original Russian state which came into existence in the ninth century
- Ulster
- a historic division of Ireland located in the northeastern part of the island; six of Ulster's nine counties are in Northern Ireland
- ultima Thule
- the geographical region believed by ancient geographers to be the northernmost land in the inhabited world
- Umbria
- a mountainous region in central Italy
- underbelly
- lower side
- Union
- the United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War)
- Union of Burma
- a mountainous republic in southeastern Asia on the Bay of Bengal
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
- a former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia; established in 1922; included Russia and 14 other soviet socialist republics (Ukraine and Byelorussia and others); officially dissolved 31 December 1991
- United Arab Emirates
- a federation of seven Arab emirates on the eastern Arabian peninsula; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1971; rich in oil reserves
- United Arab Emirates's capital
- a sheikhdom of eastern Arabia and capital of the United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
- United Mexican States
- a republic in southern North America; became independent from Spain in 1810
- United Republic of Tanzania
- a republic in eastern Africa
- United States of America
- North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776
- United States Virgin Islands
- more than 130 southeastern Virgin Islands; a dependent territory of the United States
- Upper Egypt
- one of the two main administrative districts of Egypt; extends south from Cairo to Sudan
- upper limit
- the limit on the upper (or northernmost) side of something
- Uppsala
- a city in east central Sweden to the northwest of Stockholm
- uptown
- a residential part of town away from the central commercial district
- Ur
- an ancient city of Sumer located on a former channel of the Euphrates River
- Urbana
- a university town in east central Illinois adjoining Champaign
- Uruguay
- a South American republic on the southeast coast of South America; achieved independence from Brazil in 1825
- used-car lot
- a parking lot where a dealer in used-cars displays cars for sale
- Utica
- an ancient city on the north coast of Africa (northwest of Carthage); destroyed by Arabs around 700 AD
- Utica
- a city in central New York
- Utrecht
- a city in the central Netherlands
- Uttar Pradesh
- a state in northern India
- vacuity
- a region that is devoid of matter
- Valdez
- a port on Alaska's southern coast from which oil is shipped to markets around the world
- Valdosta
- a town in southern Georgia near the Florida border
- Valencia
- a city in eastern Spain on the Mediterranean
- Valencia
- an industrial city in northern Venezuela
- Valenciennes
- a town in northeastern France long noted for its lace industry
- Valle D'Aosta
- a region in northwestern Italy
- Valparaiso
- the chief port and second largest city of Chile; located on a wide harbor in central Chile
- Van Allen belt
- a belt of charged particles (resulting from cosmic rays) above the Earth trapped by the Earth's magnetic field
- Vancouver
- a port city in southwestern British Columbia on an arm of the Pacific Ocean opposite Vancouver Island; Canada's chief Pacific port and third largest city
- Vancouver
- a town in southwestern Washington on the Columbia River across from Portland, Oregon
- Vancouver Island
- an island off southwestern Canada (off the southwestern coast of British Columbia); the largest island off the west coast of North America
- vanishing point
- the point beyond which something disappears or ceases to exist
- vantage
- place or situation affording some advantage (especially a comprehensive view or commanding perspective)
- vantage point
- a place from which something can be viewed
- Vanua Levu
- a volcanic island in the Fijis
- Varna
- a port city in northeastern Bulgaria on the Black Sea
- veld
- elevated open grassland in southern Africa
- Venezia
- the provincial capital of Veneto; built on 118 islands within a lagoon in the Gulf of Venice; has canals instead of streets; one of Italy's major ports and a famous tourist attraction
- Venezia-Euganea
- a region of northeastern Italy on the Adriatic
- venue
- in law: the jurisdiction where a trial will be held
- Veracruz
- a major Mexican port on the Gulf of Mexico in the state of Veracruz
- vernal equinox
- (astronomy) the equinoctial point that lies in the constellation of Pisces
- Verona
- a city in Veneto on the River Adige
- Verrazano Narrows
- a narrow channel of water separating Staten Island and Brooklyn
- Versailles
- a city in north central France near Paris; site of the Palace of Versailles that was built by Louis XIV in the 17th century
- vertical circle
- a great circle on the celestial sphere passing through the zenith and perpendicular to the horizon
- Viborg
- a town of Denmark in north central Jutland
- Vicente Lopez
- an industrial suburb of Buenos Aires
- viceroyalty
- a district or province governed by a viceroy
- Vichy
- a town in central France (south of Paris) noted for hot mineral springs; was capital of the unoccupied part of France during World War II
- Vicksburg
- a town in western Mississippi on bluffs above the Mississippi River to the west of Jackson; focus of an important campaign during the American Civil War as the Union fought to control the Mississippi River and so to cut the Confederacy into two halves
- Victoria
- a town in southeast Texas to the southeast of San Antonio
- Victoria
- capital of the Canadian province of British Columbia on Vancouver Island
- Victoria
- a state in southeastern Australia
- Victoria de Durango
- a city in north central Mexico; mining center
- Victoria Land
- a mountainous area of Antarctica bounded by the Ross Sea and Wilkes Land
- Vidalia
- a town in central Georgia; the origin of Vidalia onions
- Vienne
- a town in south central France where is 1311-1313 the Roman Catholic Church held one of its councils
- Vieques
- a small island off the coast of Puerto Rico used for target practice by the United States Navy
- Villa Hermosa
- a city in southeastern Mexico; the capital of the state of Tabasco
- village green
- a village park consisting of a plot of grassy land
- Vina del Mar
- a resort city on the Pacific in central Chile
- Virgin Islands
- a group of islands in northeastern West Indies (east of Puerto Rico) discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1493; owned by United States and Britain
- Virgin Islands National Park
- a national park in the Virgin Islands having tropical plants and animals; sandy beaches and coral reefs
- Virginia
- a town in northeastern Minnesota in the heart of the Mesabi Range
- Virginia
- one of the British colonies that formed the United States
- Virginia Beach
- the largest city in Virginia; long overshadowed by Norfolk but growing rapidly since 1970; with 28 miles of public beaches tourism is a major factor in the economy; site of three United States Navy bases
- Virgo the Virgin
- the sixth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about August 23 to September 22
- Visayan Islands
- group of islands in the central Philippines
- viscounty
- the domain controlled by a viscount or viscountess
- Viti Levu
- a volcanic island in the Fijis
- Vladivostok
- a seaport in the Asian part of Russia
- Volcano Islands
- a group of Japanese Islands in the northwestern Pacific Ocean to the north of the Marianas
- Volunteer State
- a state in east central United States
- Voyageurs National Park
- a national park in Minnesota having ancient rock outcroppings and evergreen forests
- Waco
- a city in east central Texas
- Wagga Wagga
- a town on the Murrumbidgee River in New South Wales; agricultural trading center
- Wagram
- a town in northeastern Austria
- Waikiki
- a well-known beach and resort area on Oahu Island to the southeast of Honolulu
- Wailing Wall
- a wall in Jerusalem; sacred to Jews as a place of prayer and lamentation; its stones are believed to have formed part of the Temple of Solomon
- Wake Island
- an island in the western Pacific between Guam and Hawaii
- Wall Street
- a street in lower Manhattan where the New York Stock Exchange is located; symbol of American finance
- Walla Walla
- a town in southeastern Washington near the Oregon border
- Walt Disney World
- a large amusement park established in 1971 to the southwest of Orlando
- war zone
- a combat zone where military operations are coordinated (especially a designated area in international waters where the rights of neutrals are not respected by nations at war)
- ward
- a district into which a city or town is divided for the purpose of administration and elections
- water level
- a line corresponding to the surface of the water when the vessel is afloat on an even keel; often painted on the hull of a ship
- water line
- a line marking the level reached by a body of water
- Waterbury
- a city in west central Connecticut
- Waterford
- a port city in southern Ireland; famous for glass industry
- waterfront
- the area of a city (such as a harbor or dockyard) alongside a body of water
- Waterloo
- a town in central Belgium where in 1815 Napoleon met his final defeat
- Watertown
- a town in northern New York
- Watertown
- a town in southeastern Wisconsin
- Wausau
- a town in north central Wisconsin
- wave front
- (physics) an imaginary surface joining all points in space that are reached at the same instant by a wave propagating through a medium
- weald
- an area of open or forested country
- Weimar
- a German city near Leipzig; scene of the adoption in 1919 of the constitution of the Weimar Republic that lasted until 1933
- wellhead
- the source of water for a well
- Wembley
- a southeastern part of Greater London that is the site of the English national soccer stadium
- Wessex
- a Saxon kingdom in southwestern England that became the most powerful English kingdom by the 10th century
- west
- a location in the western part of a country, region, or city
- West Africa
- an area of western Africa between the Sahara Desert and the Gulf of Guinea
- West Bank
- an area between Israel and Jordan on the west bank of the Jordan river; populated largely by Palestinians
- West Bengal
- a state in eastern India
- West Berlin
- the part of Berlin under United States and British and French control until 1989
- West Coast
- the western seaboard of the United States from Washington to southern California
- West Country
- the southwestern part of England (including Cornwall and Devon and Somerset)
- West End
- the part of west central London containing the main entertainment and shopping areas
- West Indies
- the string of islands between North America and South America; a popular resort area
- West Palm Beach
- a town in southeast Florida on the mainland opposite Palm Beach; founded as a commercial center for Palm Beach
- West Point
- United States Army installation on the west bank of Hudson river to the north of New York City; site of United States Military Academy
- west side
- the side that is on the west
- West Sussex
- a county in southern England on the English Channel
- West Yorkshire
- a metropolitan county in northern England
- Western Australia
- a state containing the western third of Australia
- Western Roman Empire
- the western part after the Roman Empire was divided in 395; it lasted only until 476
- Western Sahara
- an area in northwestern Africa with rich phosphate deposits; under Moroccan control since 1992
- western United States
- the region of the United States lying to the west of the Mississippi River
- Westminster Abbey
- a famous Gothic church of St. Peter in Westminster, London on the site of a former Benedictine monastery
- wheat field
- a field planted with wheat
- Wheeling
- a city in the northern panhandle of West Virginia on the Ohio river
- whereabouts
- the general location where something is
- Whitehall
- a wide street in London stretching from Trafalgar Square to the Houses of Parliament; site of many government offices
- Whitehorse
- the provincial capital of the Yukon Territory
- Wichita
- the largest city in Kansas; located in southern Kansas on the Arkansas River
- Wichita Falls
- a city in north central Texas near the Oklahoma border
- Wiesbaden
- a city in western Germany; a spa since Roman times
- Wild West
- the western United States during its frontier period
- wild
- a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition
- Wilkes Land
- a coastal region of Antarctica on the Indian Ocean to the south of Australia; most of the territory is claimed by Australia
- Williamstown
- a town in northwestern Massachusetts
- Wilmington
- a town in southeastern North Carolina on the Cape Fear River
- Wilmington
- the largest city in Delaware
- Wimbledon
- a suburb of London and the headquarters of the club where annual international tennis championships are played on grass courts
- Winchester
- a city in southern England; administrative center of Hampshire
- Wind Cave National Park
- a national park in South Dakota featuring bison herds and limestone caverns
- Windhoek
- capital of Namibia in the center of the country
- Windsor
- a city in southeastern Ontario on the Detroit River opposite Detroit
- windward
- the side of something that is toward the wind
- Windward Islands
- a group of islands in the southeastern West Indies; the southern part of the Lesser Antilles
- Windy City
- largest city in Illinois; a bustling Great Lakes port that extends 26 miles along the southwestern shoreline of Lake Michigan
- wing
- (in flight formation) a position to the side and just to the rear of another aircraft
- winner's circle
- a small area at a racecourse where awards are given to the owners of winning horses
- Winnipeg
- the capital and largest city of Manitoba; located in southern Manitoba; known for severe winters
- Winston-Salem
- a city of north central North Carolina
- wire
- the finishing line on a racetrack
- Witwatersrand
- a rocky region in the southern Transvaal in northeastern South Africa; contains rich gold deposits and coal and manganese
- wold
- a tract of open rolling country (especially upland)
- Worcester
- a cathedral city in west central England on the River Severn
- Worcester
- an industrial and university city in central Massachusetts to the west of Boston
- workspace
- space allocated for your work (as in an office)
- Wrangell-St. Elias National Park
- the largest national park of the United States; located in Alaska
- Wroclaw
- a city in southwestern Poland on the Oder
- Wuerzburg
- a city of south central Germany
- Wuhan
- a city of central China on the Chang Jiang; the commercial and industrial center of central China
- Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region
- an autonomous province in far northwestern China on the border with Mongolia and Kazakhstan; the largest province in the People's Republic of China and the homeland of the Uighur people
- Yakima
- a town in south central Washington
- Yalta
- a resort city in Crimea in the southern Ukraine on the Black Sea; site of the Allied conference between Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill in February 1945
- Yamoussukro
- capital of the Ivory Coast
- yard
- a tract of land where logs are accumulated
- yard
- a tract of land enclosed for particular activities (sometimes paved and usually associated with buildings)
- yard line
- in football; line parallel to the goal lines indicating position on the field
- Yekaterinoslav
- city in east central Ukraine on the Dnieper River; center of metallurgical industry
- Yellowknife
- a town in the Northwest Territories in northern Canada on the Great Slave Lake
- Yellowstone National Park
- the first national park in the United States; located in the border area between Wyoming and Montana and Idaho; spectacular wilderness; famous for Old Faithful geyser and for buffalo and bears
- Yerwa-Maiduguri
- a city in northeastern Nigeria; an agricultural trading center
- Yokohama
- port city on southeastern Honshu in central Japan
- Yorkshire
- a former large county in northern England; in 1974 it was divided into three smaller counties
- Yorktown
- a historic village in southeastern Virginia to the north of Newport News; site of the last battle of the American Revolution
- Yosemite National Park
- a national park in California famous for its waterfalls and rock formations
- Youngstown
- a city in northeast Ohio
- Yucatan
- a state of Mexico on the northern part of the Yucatan Peninsula
- Yucatan Peninsula
- a peninsula in Central America extending into the Gulf of Mexico between the Bay of Campeche and the Caribbean Sea
- Yugoslavia
- a former country of southeastern Europe bordering the Adriatic Sea; formed in 1918 and named Yugoslavia in 1929; controlled by Marshal Tito as a communist state until his death in 1980
- Yukon Territory
- a territory in northwestern Canada; site of the Klondike gold rush in the 1890s
- Yuma
- a town in southwestern Arizona on the Colorado River and the California border
- Yunnan province
- a province of southern China
- Zabrze
- an industrial city in southern Poland
- Zagreb
- the capital of Croatia
- Zanzibar
- an island in the Indian Ocean off the east coast of Africa; part of the United Republic of Tanzania
- Zaria
- a city in north central Nigeria; agricultural trading center
- zenith
- the point above the observer that is directly opposite the nadir on the imaginary sphere against which celestial bodies appear to be projected
- Zion
- originally a stronghold captured by David (the 2nd king of the Israelites); above it was built a temple and later the name extended to the whole hill; finally it became a synonym for the city of Jerusalem
- Zion National Park
- a national park in Utah having huge canyons and gorges carved by mountain rivers
- zodiac
- a belt-shaped region in the heavens on either side to the ecliptic; divided into 12 constellations or signs for astrological purposes
- Zomba
- a city in southern Malawi; was the capital until 1971
- zone
- a locally circumscribed place characterized by some distinctive features
- zone
- an area or region distinguished from adjacent parts by a distinctive feature or characteristic
- zone of interior
- the part of the theater of war not included in the theater of operations
- Zurich
- the largest city in Switzerland; located in the northern part of the country